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This paper is part of a series of keynote addresses to be published in Leukemia. They were presented at the Acute Leukemia Forum, San Francisco, Friday April 16, 2004
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Kyle, R. Five decades of therapy for multiple myeloma: a paradigm for therapeutic models. Leukemia 19, 910–912 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403728
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