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Meeting report of the 6th Heidelberg Myeloma Workshop: current status and developments in diagnosis and therapy of multiple myeloma

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Abstract

Purpose

The 6th Heidelberg Myeloma Workshop was held on May 5th and 6th, 2017 in the lecture hall of the University Hospital Heidelberg.

Methods and results

Main topics of the meeting were (1) biology and genomics of multiple myeloma, (2) diagnostics and prognostic factors, (3) role of immunotherapy in multiple myeloma, as well as (4) therapy of multiple myeloma—drugs and treatment strategies.

Conclusion

The landscape for the treatment of newly diagnosed and relapsed disease has significantly changed since the last Heidelberg Myeloma Workshop in 2015. Updates on the current developments were presented at the meeting.

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  1. Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Maximilian Merz, Marc S. Raab, Hartmut Goldschmidt & Jens Hillengass

  2. Max Eder Group Experimental Therapies for Hematologic Malignancies, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Marc S. Raab

  3. National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany

    Hartmut Goldschmidt

  4. Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jens Hillengass

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Correspondence to Maximilian Merz.

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Merz, M., Raab, M.S., Goldschmidt, H. et al. Meeting report of the 6th Heidelberg Myeloma Workshop: current status and developments in diagnosis and therapy of multiple myeloma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 143, 2521–2526 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-017-2463-x

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