Video

Dr. Landgren Discusses MRD Detection for Multiple Myeloma

C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, hematologic oncologist, chief, Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses minimal residual disease detection for progression-free survival and overall survival for patients with multiple myeloma.

C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, hematologic oncologist, chief, Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses minimal residual disease detection for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for patients with multiple myeloma.

Several studies show that those who are MRD-negative often have a better PFS and OS compared with those who are MRD-positive, Landgren explains.

Similar to other disease types where MRD detection is used, Landgren says there is a gradient of sensitivity for these assays. For patients who are MRD-negative, less disease is detected.

<<<

View more from the 2015 CFS Annual Meeting

Related Videos
Mansi R. Shah, MD
Albert Grinshpun, MD, MSc, head, Breast Oncology Service, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Erica L. Mayer, MD, MPH, director, clinical research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; associate professor, medicine, Harvard Medical School
Stephanie Graff, MD, and Chandler Park, FACP
Mariya Rozenblit, MD, assistant professor, medicine (medical oncology), Yale School of Medicine
Maxwell Lloyd, MD, clinical fellow, medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Neil Iyengar, MD, and Chandler Park, MD, FACP
Azka Ali, MD, medical oncologist, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
Rena Callahan, MD, and Chandler Park, MD, FACP
Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO, Winterhof Family Endowed Professor in Breast Cancer, professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education; medical director, Cancer Infusion Services; the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center