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Measuring Response to Treatment in Multiple Myeloma

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C. Ola Landgren

C. Ola Landgren discusses ways to measure response to treatment in multiple myeloma.

C. Ola Landgren, hematologic oncologist, chief, Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses ways to measure response to treatment in multiple myeloma. Landgren addressed this topic in a talk last week at the 33rd Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, a meeting of over 1,000 physicians and other oncology professionals in New York City.

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