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Editorial
July 21, 2022

Novel Quadruplets and the Age of Immunotherapies in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Author Affiliations
  • 1Myeloma Division, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
JAMA Oncol. 2022;8(9):1260-1262. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.2421

Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematologic cancer, with an estimated worldwide incidence of over 175 000 newly diagnosed patients annually and over 130 000 patients living with the disease in the US.1 Although there is not yet an established curative therapy, the past couple of decades have been heralded by the development of novel therapeutics translating into patients with myeloma living longer. This is especially highlighted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals of the first monoclonal antibody–based immunotherapies—the recent most exciting drugs have been those interrogating the immune system, either in vivo or ex vivo. Where historically patients derived only modest clinical benefit from traditional cytotoxic chemotherapies—fraught with significant toxicity—modern novel immunotherapies have not only significantly improved efficacy but have increased tolerability and quality of life for patients in this new era of MM.

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