What is the best way to manage multiple myeloma in the era of COVID-19?

This IMF Patient and Family Webinar will focus on “Best Myeloma Management in the Era of COVID - 19” IMF Chairman Dr. Brian G.M. Durie will moderate presentations with a panel of myeloma experts.

What to Expect :

In this webinar, myeloma experts answer questions that help patients where they are at right now, including:

- I have myeloma and have been vaccinated. I heard there’s a COVID-19 booster. What do I do next?
- I’m undergoing myeloma treatment. When should I vaccinate?
- I have just been diagnosed with myeloma. What should I expect?
- I need help managing side effects of myeloma treatment, for example, how do I tackle the “dark side” of steroids?
- How do the new immune therapies (such as mABs, CELMODS, bispecifics, and CAR T-cell therapies) augment your immune response?
- When and how should relapsed myeloma patients be treated?

00:00 Topics:

02:40 Myeloma 101
Brian G.M. Durie, MD

24:55 Life Is A Canvas, You Are The Artist:
Side effects & symptom management
Kevin Brigle

49:06 Best Myeloma Management in the Era of COVID-19
Brian G.M. Durie, MD

1:23:05 Immune Therapies:
Treatments That Work With Our Own Immune Systems
Dr. Noopur Raje

1:42:01 Approaches to Relapse:
What are current relapse options?
Dr. Rafat Abonour

Download the slides: https://mmsm.link/managing-myeloma-covid-19


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