Tumor lysis syndrome in a multiple myeloma treated with thalidomide
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Tumor lysis syndrome in a multiple myeloma treated with thalidomide.
A 60-year-old male with progressive high burden non-secretory multiple myeloma (NSMM) presented with tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) after starting thalidomide. He was diagnosed in 1998 with NSMM stage IIIA according to Durie and Salmon’s classification. Initial treatment consisted of six cycles of vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone (VAD), and double high doses of melphalan supported by auto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh116