Updates from the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology and European Hematology Association annual meetings: a Canadian perspective on high-risk cytogenetics in multiple myeloma

Curr Oncol. 2019 Aug;26(4):e581-e594. doi: 10.3747/co.26.5565. Epub 2019 Aug 1.

Abstract

The 2019 annual meetings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the European Hematology Association took place, respectively, in Chicago, Illinois, 31 May-4 June, and in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13-16 June. At the meetings, results from key studies on the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma with high-risk cytogenetics were presented. Our meeting report describes those studies and includes interviews with investigators and commentaries by Canadian hematologists about the potential impact on Canadian practice.

Keywords: Relapsed disease; high-risk cytogenetics; multiple myeloma; refractory disease.

Publication types

  • Congress
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Canada
  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Cytogenetic Analysis
  • Humans
  • Multiple Myeloma / drug therapy
  • Multiple Myeloma / genetics*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / genetics*
  • Prognosis
  • Translocation, Genetic
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents