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. 2019 Jun 13;133(24):2615-2618.
doi: 10.1182/blood.2019000406. Epub 2019 Apr 19.

With equal access, African American patients have superior survival compared to white patients with multiple myeloma: a VA study

Nathanael R Fillmore  1   2   3 , Sarvari V Yellapragada  4   5 , Chizoba Ifeorah  4   5 , Ansh Mehta  6 , Diana Cirstea  1   7 , Paul S White  1   7 , Gustavo Rivero  4   5 , Andrew Zimolzak  1   5 , Saiju Pyarajan  1   2 , Nhan Do  1   7 , Mary Brophy  1   7 , Nikhil C Munshi  1   2   3
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With equal access, African American patients have superior survival compared to white patients with multiple myeloma: a VA study

Nathanael R Fillmore et al. Blood. .
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Conflict-of-interest disclosure: S.V.Y. receives research funding from Takeda and Celgene. G.R. is a consultant for Celgene, Incyte, and Gilead. M.B. receives research funding from Novartis. N.C.M. is a consultant for Celgene and Takeda and on the board of directors for OncoPep. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.

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Figure 1.
OS is shown (in years) for the full cohort and stratified at age <65 and ≥65 years at MM diagnosis. For the full cohort (A), median OS is 5.07 years for AAs and 4.52 years for whites (log-rank P < .001). For <65 years (B), median OS is 7.07 years for AAs and 5.83 years for whites (log-rank P < .001). For ≥65 years (C), median OS is 3.69 years for AAs and 4.04 years for whites (log-rank P = .63).
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