Progress in treatment of multiple myeloma in year 2012 Review article
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is still considered as incurable proliferative disease. In 2012 almost 100 articles were published showing progress in the treatment of this disease. The importance of further research on cereblon was reported. Cereblon is protein which sensitivity to the immunomodulatory drugs determines the effectiveness of treatment. In the United States of America two new drugs were approved for treatment of MM: carfilzomib and pomalidomide. They exhibit fewer side effects and longer survival rate than the first generation drugs. In the United States were registered as drugs of second and third lines of treatment in patients with refractory or progressed MM.
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