Current Treatment for Multiple Myeloma

In the past decade, we have witnessed dramatic changes in the treatment of multiple myeloma. Proteasome inhibitors such as bortezomib and carfilzomib target the ubiquitin pathway, resulting in cytotoxic injury due to disruption of protein degradation in myeloma cells. The immunomodulatory agents thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide target myeloma cells through several mechanisms including direct cytotoxicity, antiangiogenic effects, and...