Opinion|Videos|October 11, 2024
Overcoming Challenges in Patient Referrals: Handling Reluctance and Navigating Barriers to Academic Care
Panelists discuss how multiple myeloma care faces challenges including patient reluctance to seek treatment at academic centers, complex treatment landscapes, and the need for improved coordination between community and academic physicians.
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- What are some challenges are you currently seeing?
- How do you handle cases where patients are reluctant to be referred to an academic center?
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In a phase 2 trial, CD38-targeted immune-PET detected active multiple myeloma in some patients with no signs of disease on standard fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT.
“If it is successful, you should be able to access this combination wherever you are,” said Natalie S. Callander, MD, of the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
Data from the phase 3 CERVINO trial support the application for etentamig as a treatment for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
The MagnetisMM-32 trial may support elranatamab as an important option for those whose disease has progressed following anti-CD38 therapy and lenalidomide.
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