Prognosis of multiple myeloma treated with conventional chemotherapy has not improved in 20 years

• Published in: La revue de medecine interne Vol. 17; no. 11; p. 895
• Main Authors: Dubost, J J, Ristori, J M, Soubrier, M, Zbadi, K, Bussière, J L, Sauvezie, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 1996
• Subjects: Aged; Hospitalization; Humans; Linear Models; Middle Aged; Multiple Myeloma - drug therapy; Multiple Myeloma - mortality; Multiple Myeloma - pathology; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis

The treatment of multiple myeloma has changed over the last 20 years. We investigated the effects of theses changes on patient survival in the current practice of a rheumatology ward. Two hundred and seventy-nine patients were hospitalised between 1972 and 1993: 30 from 1972 to 1976, 70 from 1977 to...