«Meta - regression analyses failed to demonstrate any association between CR or (CR or VGPR) with either overall survival or progression - free survival both in patients receiving autologous stem cell transplant [ASCT] and in non-ASCT patients.» (cancernetwork.com)
«Lenalidomide maintenance following autologous stem cell transplant can now be considered a standard of care for people with multiple myeloma,» says Dr. McCarthy, senior author on the meta - analysis and Principal Investigator of the U.S. study, CALGB (Alliance) 100104. (sciencedaily.com)
The therapy is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for relapsed or treatment - resistant Hodgkin lymphoma, and it is commonly prescribed to patients whose disease has progressed after autologous stem cell transplant, a procedure that replenishes the bone marrow with the patient's own healthy stem cells after therapy. (sciencedaily.com)