Special Considerations for Supportive Care and Management of Complications in Elderly Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Multiple myeloma is a progressive and incurable hematologic malignancy. It is predominantly a disease of older individuals, with a third of these patients considered to be elderly. In recent years, there has been a focus and emphasis on identifying and stratifying patients based on their functional status and frailty. There are several hallmark complications of the disease-hypercalcemia, renal insufficiency, anemia, bone pain-along with...