Therapy for relapsed multiple myeloma.

Despite significant progress in our understanding and the development of novel therapies, most patients with multiple myeloma will experience relapse of their disease. Therapy of relapsed myeloma has improved due to the availability of novel agents that are highly active against the disease. However, the selection of therapy can be challenging due to the emergence of toxicities, comorbidities and frailty. In the following we discuss our approach to the treatment of the patient with relapsed myeloma.