Addressing the disparities: the approach to the African American patient with multiple myeloma

M Bhutani, BJ Blue, C Cole, AZ Badros… - Blood Cancer …, 2023 - nature.com
There are significant disparities with regards to incidence, timely diagnosis, access to
treatment, clinical trial participation and health care utilization that negatively impact …

Disease-specific health disparities: a targeted review focusing on race and ethnicity

MR Cullen, AR Lemeshow, LJ Russo, DM Barnes… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Wide disparities in health status exist in the United States across race and
ethnicity, broadly driven by social determinants of health—most notably race and ethnic …

Racial and ethnic differences in clonal hematopoiesis, tumor markers, and outcomes of patients with multiple myeloma

LC Peres, CM Colin-Leitzinger, M Teng, J Dutil… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Multiple myeloma (MM) incidence, mortality, and survival vary by race and ethnicity, but the
causes of differences remain unclear. We investigated demographic, clinical, and molecular …

Large-scale real-life analysis of survival and usage of therapies in multiple myeloma

N Lopez-Muñoz, G Hernández-Ibarburu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Survival in multiple myeloma has improved significantly in recent years, especially in young
patients. We reviewed the evolution of the survival of patients with MM in three groups based …

Bringing CAR T cell therapy trials to underserved populations

H Badr, R Rouce, ME Scheurer, P Lulla, M Mims… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
There is a critical need for equitable access to cell therapies in cancer treatment, particularly
within public safety-net healthcare systems that serve minority and socioeconomically …

Racial disparities in multiple myeloma and access to stem cell transplantation

JM Cook - Blood Cancer Journal, 2024 - nature.com
In this issue of Blood Cancer Journal, Ailawadhi et al. explored the sociodemographic
variables impacting differences in access and utilization of autologous stem cell …

Advances in the molecular characterization of multiple myeloma and mechanism of therapeutic resistance

M Mejia Saldarriaga, W Darwiche, D Jayabalan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent insight in the genomic landscape of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM)
and its precursor conditions, monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS) …

Treatment benefit of upfront autologous stem cell transplantation for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CM Lin, LC Chang, WY Shau, CL Chen, CY Yao… - BMC cancer, 2023 - Springer
Background Upfront high-dose therapy (HDT) followed by autologous stem cell
transplantation (ASCT) remains a profitable strategy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma …

[HTML][HTML] Overall survival in patients with multiple myeloma in the US: A systematic literature review of racial disparities

J Mikhael, A Cichewicz, ES Mearns, A Girvan… - … Myeloma and Leukemia, 2024 - Elsevier
Multiple myeloma (MM) accounts for 10% of hematologic cancers in the US; however,
incidence and mortality occur disproportionately between racial groups in real-world …

A population-based study on incidence trends of myeloma in the United States over 2000–2020

SE Mousavi, M Ilaghi, A Aslani, Z Yekta… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Myeloma is one of the most common types of haematological malignancies. We aimed to
investigate the incidence rates of myeloma by sex, race, age, and histological subgroups in …