Steroid Pill Prolongs Survival In Patients With Multiple Myeloma

LOS ANGELES, CA — May 3, 2002 — Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center report that treatment with a steroid pill improves the overall survival of patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. The study, published in the May 1st issue of the journal, Blood, shows that patients who received oral prednisone over the long term following treatment with chemotherapy maintained their remission and survived longer. Multiple myeloma strikes about 14,000 people in the United States each year.

"We found that using prednisone following a response to up-front chemotherapy was an effective and safe way to prolong the lives of patients," said James Berenson, M.D., lead author of the Southwest Oncology Group sponsored study and Director of the Multiple Myeloma and Bone Metastasis Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. "This is the first clear demonstration that long term treatment following an initial response to chemotherapy improves the survival of patients with multiple myeloma."

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