title: Multiple myeloma: VI International Workshop, June 14-18, 1997, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
abstract: The VI International Workshop on Multiple Myeloma was organised by Professor Kenneth C Anderson, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and held on June 14-18, 1997, in Boston, MA, USA. More than 500 participants from all over the world joined this workshop. Several subjects were introduced and one of the most exciting items of news was the identification of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus in the bone marrow stromal cells of patients with MM. The aim of this overview is to give a glimpse of the subjects discussed and the statements made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergenbrant
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy