| Literature DB >> 28194051 |
Uday Yanamandra1, Navin Khattry2, Shaji Kumar3, Noopur Raje4, Arihant Jain1, Sundar Jagannath5, Hari Menon6, Lalit Kumar7, Neelam Varma1, Subhash Varma1, Tapan Saikia8, Pankaj Malhotra1.
Abstract
The science of multiple myeloma (MM) and related plasma cell disorders is rapidly evolving with increased understanding of the disease biology and recent approval of the newer drugs widening the therapeutic armamentarium. Despite multiple international guidelines regarding the management of this disease, the practice of managing MM is not uniform amongst Indian physicians. There are challenges in management which are unique to the Indian patients. This review discusses these challenges and the consensus of the nation-wide experts in dealing with the same. We also briefly highlighted the perspective of international experts as discussed in the Myeloma State of the Art conference held in September 2016 at PGI, Chandigarh. An Indian Myeloma Academic Groupe (IMAGe) group was formed to strengthen the research, create awareness about myeloma and related disorders and form consensus guidelines/ recommendations that can be adapted to the Indian Scenario.Entities:
Keywords: Consensus; Indian scenario; Multiple myeloma; Plasma cell dyscrasia
Year: 2017 PMID： 28194051 PMCID： PMC5280871 DOI： 10.1007/s12288-016-0773-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus ISSN： 0971-4502 Impact factor: 0.900