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Total Marrow Irradiation in Multiple Myeloma

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The advent of new targeted agents and monoclonal antibodies prior to or after high-dose therapy and stem cell transplantation has improved the outcome of patients with multiple myeloma. However, the disease remains incurable, and relapse is the main cause of treatment failure. The historical radiosensitivity of multiple myeloma cells led to the use of total body irradiation (TBI) as part of the conditioning regimen prior to autologous stem cell transplantation. However, this treatment was associated with higher toxicities as compared to chemotherapy alone in randomized clinical trials. Total marrow irradiation (TMI) delivered by helical tomotherapy allows for delivery of escalating doses of radiation to the marrow space while maintaining lower doses to normal organs. This approach allows augmentation of the antimyeloma effect of irradiation to the sites of disease as a strategy to improve disease control while minimizing exposure to normal organs and subsequent potential immediate and long-term toxicities. We review the use of TMI as a conditioning regimen prior to both autologous and allogenic peripheral stem cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma.

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  1. The Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA

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  2. Southern California Permanente Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Firoozeh Sahebi

  3. Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA

    Firoozeh Sahebi

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    Susanta K. Hui

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Sahebi, F. (2020). Total Marrow Irradiation in Multiple Myeloma. In: Wong, J., Hui, S. (eds) Total Marrow Irradiation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38692-4_10

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