Publicaciones

Sars Cov-2/COVID-19 in Multiple Myeloma Latin-American Patients Study on Behalf of GELAMM

Nov 5, 2020 | ,

The SARS CoV-2 / COVID 19 pandemic has challenged the world’s health systems, especially services that treat cancer. The first studies in China showed that cancer patients had a higher risk of becoming infected and dying. Other risk factors for mortality were age over 65 years, male sex, the presence of comorbidity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. Data on the specific behavior of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) in the pandemic are scarce. The mechanisms by which MM patients may have a higher mortality are multiple, derived both from the disease itself due to cellular and humoral immunity deficiency as well as from anti-myeloma treatment. The present study aims to establish the behavior of the disease in the pandemic period in Latin America.

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Real World Outcomes in Latin-American Patients with Multiple Myeloma Under 40 Years Old

Nov 18, 2019 | ,

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a heterogeneous disease that is most frequently diagnosed in the elderly. Therefore, data on clinical characteristics and outcomes in the young population are scarce and it is recognized that it remains incurable even in this group of patients. We present here the outcomes of patients under 40 years old cohort in Latin-American countries. On behalf of GELAMM (Grupo de Estudio Latino-Americano de Mieloma Múltiple).

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Age does not confer different features and outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed active multiple myeloma younger that 66 years if age treated in a recent period

Jun 13, 2019 | ,

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a disease of the elderly, with median age at diagnosis of 66 years. However, 10% of patients are younger than 50 years. Publications regarding age as prognostic factor for clinical characteristics at diagnosis and outcomes are heterogeneous, with some authors reporting aggressive presentation and worse outcomes in young patients and others showing better outcomes.

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Real World Outcomes with VTD and Cybord Induction Treatment for Transplant Eligible Multiple Myeloma Patients in a Latin American Country. Retrospective Cohort Study from Gamm (Grupo Argentino de Mieloma Multiple)

Nov 29, 2018 | ,

Authors: Natalia Paola Schutz, MD MSc, Paola Ochoa, MD, Patricio Duarte, MD, Guillermina Remaggi, MD, Sebastian Yantorno, MD, Ariel Corzo, MD, Soledad Zabaljauregui, MD, Claudia Shanley, MD, Sergio Lopresti, MD, Sergio Orlando, MD, Veronica Verri, MD, Luis Dario...

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Significant Differences in Test Availability and Access to Novel Drugs for Multiple Myeloma between Public and Private Hospitals in Latin America. Grupo De Estudio Latinoamericano De Mieloma Multiple (GELAMM)

Nov 29, 2018 | ,

Compliance with Multiple Myeloma (MM) recommendations regarding diagnosis and treatment is highly variable worldwide, outside clinical trials. This survey among hematologists from Latin America (LA) aims to describe real access to diagnostic and prognostic analyses and first line treatment for newly diagnosed MM (NDMM).

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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS) in South America

Nov 29, 2018 | ,

Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) is a recently defined entity. It is a group of renal diseases due to paraprotein deposition from a small B lymphocyte or plasma cell clon, not meeting the criteria for an overt gammopathy-associated neoplasm. Despite this feature, the secondary kidney damage may be severe and irreversible; therefore, its early recognition and treatment are crucial. There are few studies on MGRS in the international literature, and no reported data from Latin America (LA).

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