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Prof. Krzysztof Giannopoulos: We still have unmet medical needs in plasmocytic myeloma

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published March 8, 2024 11:51

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An interview with Professor Krzysztof Giannopoulos of the Department of Experimental Hematooncology at the Medical University of Lublin.

We recently celebrated Rare Disease Day, and all of March is Myeloma Awareness Month. I think it's a good opportunity to talk about what the priorities are when it comes to the needs in treating this disease.

Indeed, in plasmocytic myeloma, a great deal has changed in favor of reimbursement decisions of recent years. The decision at the beginning of this year, that is, to include daratumumab-lenalidomide-dexamethasone in the reimbursement program for a group of patients ineligible for transplantation, showed that in Poland we can treat very modern, according to international standards. I am talking here about first-line treatment. First-line treatment is currently a daratumumab-bortezomib-talidomide-dexamethasone regimen for patients eligible for transplantation. Later, we have the option of both consolidation therapy with the same regimen and, finally, the administration of maintenance treatment with lenalidomide, whic...

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