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Familial disease predisposition impacts treatment outcome in patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia - 1 Dec 2012
Treon Steven P, Tripsas Christina, Hanzis Christina, Ioakimidis Leukothea, Patterson Christopher J, Manning Robert J, Sheehy Patricia, Turnbull Barry, Hunter Zachary R
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UNLABELLED: Familial disease is common in Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM). We examined the impact of familial disease status on treatment outcome in WM and observed that familial disease was associated with inferior outcomes. However patients with familial WM receiving a bortezomib-containing regimen showed improved treatment outcomes vs. those receiving non–bortezomib-containing regimens....
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