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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 4, 394–395 (1 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/ncponc0847

Does maintenance therapy with thalidomide benefit patients with multiple myeloma?

Nikhil C Munshi , Constantine S Mitsiades , Paul G Richardson & Kenneth C Anderson

Attal M et al. (2006) Maintenance therapy with thalidomide improves survival in patients with multiple myeloma. Blood 108: 3289–3294 Synopsis Background Almost all patients with multiple myeloma who receive conventional chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation relapse, most within 3 years.