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Cure vs. Control for Multiple Myeloma - Dr. Vincent Rajkumar, One of Mayo Clinic's Myeloma  "DREAM TEAM", Discusses This Vigorously Debated Subject

2/9/2014

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***Now that the broadcast has aired, I believe we just had one of the best Myeloma Cure Panel Broadcasts yet presented.  To listen to a rebroadcast CLICK HERE.***

Mark your calenders for what I believe will be one of the best Myeloma Cure Panel Broadcasts yet presented.  Dr. Vincent Rajkumar will be discussing the subject of Cure vs. Control for Multiple Myeloma at 5:00 pm EST on February 26th.  For instructions on how to listen or to ask your questions on air CLICK HERE.

The subject of CURE vs. CONTROL  for multiple myeloma has been a vigorously debated subject for a very long time.  Dr. Rajkumar had been a proponent of the Control Treatment Philosophy and ten years ago, when few if any people believed that myeloma was curable, control was overwhelmingly the majority view.  But maybe "The Times They Are A-Changin".  More and more doctors are now saying the big C word, CURE. 

I mention the Myeloma "Dream Team" because I believe Mayo has assembled a world class team of medical professionals for the primary purpose of fighting multiple myeloma.  In the current Olympic charged atmosphere, I remember the first time the USA assembled the best NBA basketball players, the first DREAM TEAM which resulted in a gold medal performance.  Mayo's improvement in survival rates is nothing short of miraculous. The Mayo Clinic Medical Edge Video from July 11, 2011 states that their 3 year survival has improved from 29% to close to 90%. When compared to the SEER rate of 55.6% you are at least 3 times more likely to survive three years under their care than at the average of all facilities that report their data to the National Cancer Institute.
PictureDr. Vincent Rajkumar a Member of Mayo's Myeloma DREAM TEAM!
With a group which includes Dr. Vincent Rajkumar, Dr. Robert Kyle, Dr. Martha Lacy, Dr. Shaji Kumar, Dr. Asher Chanan-Kahn, Dr. Vivek Roy, Dr. Rafael Fonseca, Dr. Keith Stewart, and Dr. Craig Reeder, it truly is a Myeloma "DREAM TEAM", and we have the Michael Jordan for this broadcast.

Not wanting to put Dr. Rajkumar on the spot, but hold onto your hats, because we have an Olympic level performance in the making. You can view his exceptional bio if you CLICK HERE. If you would like to see a 2011 Blood Journal article by Dr. Rajkumar on this subject CLICK HERE.

For more information on multiple myeloma survival rates and life expectancy  go to the web site www.myelomasurvival.com, or you can follow me on my twitter account at: https://twitter.com/grpetersen1 



P.S. - As you may have heard Tom Brokaw of NBC has been diagnosed with Myeloma and will be getting his treatment at Mayo. Tom, welcome to a great group of people that no one wants to join.  You are in excellent hands at Mayo. May God Bless your myeloma journey.  View a blog post on Tom Brokaw CLICK HERE.

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Mark
2/9/2014 11:10:18 pm

Hi Gary,

Nice photoshop work!

I think everyone should read Dr. Rajkumar's paper on this topic before the broadcast. He discusses what patients can be cured in this paper.

Third, in most cases, it is probably impossible (with the possible exception of allogeneic transplantation where true complete eradication is possible for a minority of patients), unnecessary, and prohibitively toxic to attempt to eradicate all clonal plasma cells.

Although CR defined using molecular methods with patient-specific primers after allogeneic transplantation is more prolonged,39 it cannot predict cure with certainty.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179390/

I do hear patients say that Dr. Rajkumar does not think myeloma is curable when clearly he does think patients get cured. I think it would be great if you asked him why curative therapy (allo sct) is not as commonly used in myeloma as it is in other blood cancers.

Mark

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Gary Petersen link
2/10/2014 12:17:28 am

Mark, thanks for the comment on the photo shop work, but it was Sean Murphy who does my photo shop work. He does do a wonderful job.

I looked up Dr. Rajkumar's Blood article and included the link in the post. Thanks for the suggestion.

On questions about the allo, Pat Killingworth has 2 really good questions on allos that you should really like. Please send in your own questions, and ask them on line. I think it would be great to hear from Mark our allo expert.

Best Regards/Gary

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