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Kamal Chamoun, MD, on Multiple Myeloma: Insurance Status and Survival

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Kamal Chamoun, MD, of University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, discusses how better insurance coverage determines not only the ability of patients with multiple myeloma to afford high-priced oral medications, but their survival of the disease (Abstract LBA107).



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