The hematology and oncology fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai discussed which patient groups he believes require more attention.
In an interview with CancerNetwork®, Guido Lancman, MD, hematology and oncology fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, highlighted which multiple myeloma patient populations he believes require further research.
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So, there are still several populations that are not receiving the same benefit from all of these new therapies. And that's patients with high-risk cytogenetics, elderly patients, frail patients, patients with renal failure, and then of course, patients who have exhausted all therapies there’s always a need to develop new therapies for those patients.
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