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Doxorubicin – Calorie Restriction?
…known cardioprotective intervention, exercise training, with Calorie Restriction (CR) results in additive benefits in the protection against doxorubicin cardiotoxicity. Doxorubicin as well as other
Continue readingPlasma Exchange Therapy, Plasmapheresis – Myeloma
Is plasma exchange therapy, sometimes called therapeutic plasma exchange or plasmapheresis beneficial for myeloma patients? If you are one of the 20%-40% of newly diagnosed myeloma patients with kidney
Continue readingAnthracycline Therapy- Late Cardiomyopathy
Our patients with early cardiac symptoms improved transiently but decompensated later and patients with no early symptoms developed cardiac symptoms more than 10 years after anthracycline therapy. Anthracycline
Continue readingASCT- Permanent Myelosuppression?
Permanent Myelosuppression caused by high-dose, aggressive treatment of an autologous stem cell transplant happens. The challenge is that it is impossible to determine how often ASCT caused permanent bone
Continue readingHyperviscosity Syndrome- Myeloma
“Hyperviscosity syndrome (HVS) is a rare complication of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) related to high tumour burden…Among MM patients, 3–6% experienced this complication at diagnosis
Continue readingChemotherapy-Induced Neurotoxicity
“The prevalence of chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity (CIN) varies from 19% to more than 85%, with the highest reported for platinum compounds (70–100%) and taxanes (11–87%) ). However, most
Continue readingGenotoxicity- Stem Cell Transplants
Genotoxicity is when chemotherapy causes DNA damage. Aggressive chemo aka high-dose chemo given during stem cell transplantation causes DNA damage. Even small doses of chemotherapy and radiation both
Continue readingChemobrain – Myeloma – Prevent, Heal
“This is the first study that puts chemo-brain on a sound scientific footing, in terms of neurobiology and cellular biology.” After years of denials, excuses and stalling from conventional oncology
Continue readingPhoton-Counting CT Imaging- Myeloma
Is Photon-Counting CT imaging better than conventional CT for multiple myeloma patients? Meaning, can we see early lytic lesions while using less radiation? After all, bone involvement in multiple
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Hypertension-
Though I’ve written previously about chemotherapy-induced hypertension previously, that blog posts talked as much about cardiotoxicity and cardiomyopathy as they did about the increase in blood
Continue readingHigh-Risk Multiple Myeloma
High-Risk Multiple Myeloma- Common myeloma is difficult to treat. High-Risk myeloma means that the newly diagnosed patient has genetic differences compared to the average patient. These genetic differences
Continue readingRelapsed/Refractory Myeloma- Four Prior Treatments
You are a relapsed/refractory myeloma survivor who has had four prior treatments. If you’re reading this post my guess is that you have been through induction therapy (RVD or RVDd), maybe an ASCT,
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