Oncology Research and Treatment
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Article / Publication Details AbstractIntroduction: Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell disease that affects more men than women. Although there is an obvious imbalance in incidence, knowledge on differences in biology and outcome between the sexes is surprisingly rare. Methods: We performed a unicentric retrospective analysis of patients with MM treated at a tertiary cancer center between 2003 and 2018. Results: We present sex-disaggregated analysis of the characteristics and outcome of MM in a cohort of 655 patients (median age at diagnosis 62 years; 363 men with a median age at diagnosis 62 years and 292 women with a median age at diagnosis 63 years, p=0.086). Most patients (n=561, 86%) received myeloma-specific treatment. Median overall survival was 76 months (95% CI 63 – 89) (72 months in men [95% CI 54 – 90] and 83 months in women [95% CI 66 – 100], p=ns). Apart from a higher incidence of moderate and severe anaemia in women (p
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