Cancer treatment: Therapeutic approach gives hope for the treatment of multiple myeloma
Saturday, February 6, 2016 - 16:03
in Health & Medicine
A new therapeutic approach gives promising results for the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow currently considered incurable with conventional chemotherapy. The study resulted in a total cure rate of 41 percent, a record level using this strategy. Moreover, patients in complete remission six months after the allograft had a relapse-free survival rate of 60 percent.