title: Current therapies for multiple myeloma.
abstract: Multiple myeloma is an incurable B-cell malignancy of plasma cells but also a highly treatable disease. This article is an overview of multiple myeloma and its current therapies, with emphasis on bortezomib and lenalidomide. Important nursing considerations related to the management of common adverse events are also described.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. jtariman@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tariman
mesh_terms: D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging