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The Effect Of Carfilzomib And Bortezomib Based Regimes On Cardiotoxicity In Multiple Myeloma Patients At Cooper University Hospital, Ami Patel, Tulin Budak-Alpdogan, Stalam Tapati
The Effect Of Carfilzomib And Bortezomib Based Regimes On Cardiotoxicity In Multiple Myeloma Patients At Cooper University Hospital, Ami Patel, Tulin Budak-Alpdogan, Stalam Tapati
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Introduction
- Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells, which is a white blood cell that normally produces antibodies
- Treatment in patients younger than 65 years old is typically high dose chemotherapy, usually with bortezomib based regimens or lenalidomide dexamethasone, followed by a stem cell transplant
- For patients with relapsed myeloma, carfilzomib is usually the treatment of choice
- Carfilzomib is a highly selective, irreversible proteasome inhibitor that binds to the 20 S proteasome. Several studies have illustrated that carfilzomib has been associated with cardiovascular adverse events (CVAE).
- Current literature on the role and effect of bortezomib on cardiotoxicity is …