Should You Get a Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Myeloma? What Patients Need to Know!

In this conversation, Patient advocate Cindy Chmielewski, also known as the "Myeloma Teacher," speaks with Dr. Caitlin Costello a hematologist-oncologist at the University of California, San Diego and Dr. Sagar Lonial, the chief medical officer at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University.

They discuss cutting-edge treatments and therapies for both transplant-eligible and transplant-ineligible patients, combination therapies and the necessity of stem cell transplants.

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Contents of this Video:
00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Transplant eligible and transplant ineligible patients
04:13 - treatment for transplant ineligible patients
06:56 - Using 3 vs 4 drugs for treating transplant eligible patients
09:37 - Do you think the 4 drug combination will be the new standard of care?
10:51 - Necessity of stem cell transplant (DETERMINATION trial)
16:52 - Seeing a myeloma specialist

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