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The 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting will take place from 9 – 12 December in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (US). Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) will be attending the meeting, alongside thousands of leading doctors, researchers and patient advocates in the field of blood cancer (hematology). Below we explain ASH and the importance…

53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) CHICAGO – In an early clinical trial, 33 out of 35 (94%) patients had clinical remission of myeloma upon receiving a new type of immunotherapy  ̶  chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells targeting B-cell maturation protein or BCMA. Most patients had only mild side effects. The study was presented at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual…

53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Chicago – According to Phase 3 ‘482 study, the largest international multiple myeloma trial ever conducted with 1,718 patients involved, patients who receive denosumab (XGEVA) had a significantly lower rate of renal adverse events compared to zoledronic acid (10.0 percent versus 17.1 percent, p<0.001).…

Myeloma Patients Europe will hold an online webinar to review the most recent myeloma findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) that took place in San Diego (California, United States) in December 2016. The talk will be given by Dr Laurent Garderet, Department of Hematology, Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris,…