«Despite new therapies, it's virtually inevitable that a patient with multiple myeloma will experience relapse of the disease at some point,» said senior author Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Koman Family Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and chief of the Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine. (sciencedaily.com)
The researchers found that a complete response to initial therapy led to longer overall survival but did not impact treatment - free intervals after relapse of the disease. (sciencedaily.com)
Three - quarters of women treated for ovarian cancer face relapse of their disease. (sciencedaily.com)