Early Mortality After Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma: Analysis of Patients Entered Onto the United Kingdom Medical Research Council Trials Between 1980 and 2002—Medical Research Council Adult Leukaemia Working Party

Augustson, Bradley; Begum, Gulnaz; Dunn, Janet; J. Barth, Nicola; E. Davies, Faith; J. Morgan, Gareth; Behrens, Judith; G. Smith, Alastair; A. Child, J.; T. Drayson, Mark

doi:10.1200/jco.2005.03.2086

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Early Mortality After Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma: Analysis of Patients Entered Onto the United Kingdom Medical Research Council Trials Between 1980 and 2002—Medical Research Council Adult Leukaemia Working Party

Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology • Nov 8, 2005

Authors:

Bradley Augustson

Gulnaz Begum

Janet Dunn

Abstract

PURPOSE: Early mortality in multiple myeloma (MM) is usually attributed to combined effects of active disease and comorbid factors. We have studied early deaths in a series of large multicenter trials to assess direct causes of death, their predictability, and whether current management strategies h...

Subject

Medicine

Clinical trial

Multiple myeloma

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