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Treatment of smoldering myeloma with dexamethasone?

by Little Monkey on Sun Jul 19, 2015 11:00 pm

Is it a normal course of action to treat patients with smoldering multiple myeloma with a cycle of dexamethasone (Decadron), or is that only if there is a neoplasm in the bone present?

Little Monkey
Name: Little Monkey
Who do you know with myeloma?: Father-stage 1 multiple myeloma
When were you/they diagnosed?: March/April of 2015

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