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by chaotic_good 4491 days ago
I have recently lost a good friend in her 40s to multiple myeloma. It isn't named in this article, but would this treatment work for that cancer as well? Both seem to target B cells.
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CAR therapy requires identifying a broadly expressed target; it looks like there are a few candidate antigens being evaluated for MM but I don't know if any of the studies have published significant results yet.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24411699 http://www.myelomabeacon.com/resources/mtgs/ash2013/abs/14/