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Molecular mechanisms in multiple myeloma drug resistance.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Feb 2016
Nikesitch Nicholas, Ling Silvia C W
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma (MM) is predominantly an incurable malignancy despite high-dose chemotherapy, autologous stem cell transplant and novel agents. MM is a genetically heterogeneous disease and the complexity increases as the disease progresses to a more aggressive stage. MM arises from a plasma cell, which produces and secretes non-functioning immunoglobulins. Most MM cells are sensitive to proteasome inhibitors...
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