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Sagar Lonial, MD, on Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: Delaying Disease Progression With an Immunomodulatory Agent

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Sagar Lonial, MD, of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, discusses the potentially practice-changing phase III findings showing that lenalidomide substantially delayed progression of smoldering multiple myeloma to aggressive disease when compared with observation alone (Abstract 8001).



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