Megan Garlapow, PhD

This “Clinical Picture” describes a case of extramedullary multiple myeloma manifesting as a rapidly growing intraoral lesion.

Using personal experience as a catalyst, this author conducted a literature study to determine how marital status influences recommendations regarding cancer therapy.

The TEAMM trial sought to assess time to first febrile episode or death from all causes in patients with newly diagnosed myeloma who received antibiotic prophylaxis vs those who did not.

Patients referred to the clinic were diagnosed nearly 2 weeks faster compared with historical controls.

Disparities between NCCN guideline-concordant treatment and actual care were most likely to occur in two patient populations.

Exercise tolerance was found to be associated with verbal fluency, dominant motor speed, and math academics, among other neurocognitive metrics.

A retrospective chart review conducted after implementing an ERAS program demonstrated that improved patient education led to less use of opioids in the immediate postoperative period.

Using a matched study, researchers sought to determine the effect of skeletal-related events (SREs) on health care costs for patients with NDMM.

Novel treatment of insomnia helped almost half of the study population achieve remission of their insomnia after Step 1, with almost 80% of the remaining patients achieving remission of their insomnia after Step 2.

In a retrospective service evaluation of patients with MPNs, researchers found that low-dose methotrexate eased symptom burden of comorbidities not related to the patient’s MPN.