Hans Salwender, Niels Weinhold, Axel Benner, Kaya Miah, Maximilian Merz, Mathias Haenel, Christian Jehn, Elias Mai, Ekaterina Menis, Igor Blau, Christof Scheid, Dirk Hose, Anja Seckinger, Steffen Luntz, Britta Besemer, Markus Munder, Peter Brossart, Bertram Glass, Hans-Walter Lindemann, Katja Weisel, Christine Hanoun, Paul Schnitzler, Sarah Klemm, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Marc Raab, Ahmet Elmaagacli
OBJECTIVES: The seroprevalence of antibodies against Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an established poor prognostic factor for patients receiving an allogeneic stem cell transplantation. However, the impact of CMV serology on outcome after autologous stem cell transplantation remains unknown. METHODS: Here, we analyzed the CMV immunoglobulin (Ig) serology of 446 newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients of the GMMG-MM5 phase III trial with a median follow-up of 58 months...
December 2024: Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)