Below you will find a collection of articles from Hematology, the ASH Education Program, written by experts in the field about current treatments for multiple myeloma and amyloidosis. To learn more about myeloma, please see our general information page about the disease. A number of links to organizations that inform and support patients with myeloma and amyloidosis are also available.

Amyloidosis

• Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis: Advances in Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy (2010) 

Multiple Myeloma

Biology

• Many Multiple Myelomas: Making More of the Molecular Mayhem (2011) 
• New Insights into Therapeutic Targets in Myeloma (2011)  
• Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Smoldering Myeloma: New Insights into Pathophysiology and Epidemiology (2010) 

Supportive Care

• Dealing with Neuropathy in Plasma-Cell Dyscrasias (2010) 
• Renal Insufficiency and Failure (2010) 
• Thrombosis in Multiple Myeloma (2010) 
• Skeletal Imaging and Management of Bone Disease (2008) 
• Management of Thrombohemorrhagic Syndromes (THS) in Hematologic Malignancies (2007) 

Therapy

• Posttransplantation Maintenance Therapy and Optimal Frontline Therapy in Myeloma (2011) 
• Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma: Current and Future Status (2011) 
• What is the Benefit of Maintenance Therapy with Lenalidomide or Bortezomib after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma and What is the Risk of Developing a Secondary Primary Malignancy? (2011) 
• Relapsed Multiple Myeloma (2010) 
• Evidence-Based Mini-Review: Treatment Options for Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma Previously Treated with Novel Agents and High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation (2010) 
• Ultra High-Risk Myeloma (2010) 
• How to Treat a Newly Diagnosed Young Patient With Multiple Myeloma (2009) 
• How to Treat Elderly Patients With Multiple Myeloma: Combination of Therapy or Sequencing (2009) 
• Novel Therapies for Relapsed Myeloma (2009) 
• ASH Evidence-Based Guidelines: What Is the Role of Maintenance Therapy in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma? (2009) 

Other Plasma Cell Disorders

• Plasma Cell Disorders: An Historical Perspective (2008) 
• POEMS Syndrome (2005) 
• Cryoglobulinemia (2005) 

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