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. 2020 Jul;50(7):869-872.
doi: 10.1111/imj.14905.

Patients with multiple myeloma over a large catchment of 2.5 million square kilometres: a Western Australia retrospective survival review

Teng Fong Ng  1   2 , Sally Burrow  1   2 , Michael Leahy  1   2   3 , Bradley Augustson  3   4 , Kevin Trentino  1   2 , Rebecca De Kraa  3   5 , Matthew Wright  3   5 , Ben Carnley  1
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Patients with multiple myeloma over a large catchment of 2.5 million square kilometres: a Western Australia retrospective survival review

Teng Fong Ng et al. Intern Med J. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Multiple myeloma is an incurable malignancy of plasma cells. We retrospectively reviewed the survival outcomes of patients with multiple myeloma in Western Australia (WA) public hospitals over a 10-year period. We did not detect a difference in survival between patients residing the metropolitan Perth and regional areas, despite a paucity of haematology services in regional WA due to low population density in a large geographic area. Patients with R-ISS Stage 3 had the poorest survival in our cohort with median survival of 24 months.

Keywords: Western Australia; multiple myeloma; rural health; survival outcome.

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