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Multiple Myeloma: A Personal Account of My Journey With the Disease and Response to Teclistamab.

Mohammad Ahmad, Musa F Zahrani, Ghazi S Alotaibi, Fatimah Alshalati, Ammarah Afzal, Ibrahim N Alrumaih, Rabia Riaz, Muhammad Tayyab

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Mohammad AhmadDepartment of Medical Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Musa F ZahraniDepartment of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Ghazi S AlotaibiDepartment of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Fatimah AlshalatiDepartment of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Ammarah AfzalDepartment of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Ibrahim N AlrumaihDepartment of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Rabia RiazDepartment of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Muhammad TayyabDepartment of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable hematologic cancer leading to damage to the bone marrow that causes destructive bone lesions in addition to many other effects. I am a patient with MM who has undergone treatment to date since the diagnosis of this disease in December 2019. This paper reviews the treatments and observations made throughout this period. The salient results of such treatments are discussed in chronological order. During this period, my MM relapsed and then I was introduced to teclistamab treatment. The outcome of teclistamab treatment is quite promising, and I anticipate a longer life at a maintenance dose of this drug with a better quality of life. When writing this article, I am still receiving the teclistamab treatment cycles that maintain a constant normal level of my kappa-free light chain (FLC) and kappa/lambda ratio, with no significant side effects.

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b-cell maturation antigen (bcma)diagnosis of multiple myelomakappa-free light chain (flc)relapse/refractoryserum creatinine phosphokinase

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PMID38846238
PMCPMC11154064

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