Upfront Management of Patients With Multiple Myeloma

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In this video we discuss the initial symptoms and diagnosis of multiple myeloma as well as upfront treatment with autologous stem cell transplantation and newer agents.

In this video, George Somlo, MD, of the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California, discusses the initial symptoms and diagnosis of multiple myeloma as well as upfront treatment with autologous stem cell transplantation and newer agents.

Dr. Somlo gave a presentation on this topic at the 11th Annual National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Hematologic Malignancies Congress, held September 1–October 1 in New York.

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