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Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation
Published on: July 19, 2021
Multiple myeloma and kidney transplantation: the beginning of a new era
Ines Van den Bosch1,2, Ben Sprangers1,2, Morie Gertz3
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract:
The introduction of several novel therapeutic agents has improved the outcome in multiple myeloma (MM) patients including those with chronic kidney disease, and it is predicted that MM will become a curable disease in a substantial subset of MM patients. While in the past-because of inferior posttransplant outcomes-renal transplantation was not offered to MM patients, recent data suggest that renal transplantation is a viable treatment option in patients treated with modern anti-myeloma induction therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation achieving durable complete responses. The article of Shah, Ibrahim, Delaney et al. [Risk of relapse of multiple myeloma following kidney transplantation: a case series report. Clin Kidney J 2018 (in this issue)] in the current issue of Clinical Kidney Journal adds to this evidence and highlights the limitations and outstanding questions concerning renal transplantation in MM patients.
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