Impact of Age on Outcome in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Upfront Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation from the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Global Study

Background : Induction therapy with proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory agents followed by autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is considered standard of care in front line multiple myeloma (MM) treatment. Utilization of autologous HCT is increasing worldwide in younger and older patients in light of improvements in supportive care and infrastructure. However, global perspectives on patterns of patient age and the impact …