Estimated overall survival (OS) in multiple myeloma (MM) by age and year of diagnosis
(A) OS comparison between patients diagnosed during January 2001-December 2005 and those diagnosed during January 2006-December 2010.
(B) Trends in the one- and five-year OS estimates between January 2001 and December 2010 with patients grouped by the year of diagnosis. The dotted lines represent the 95% CIs.
(C) OS comparison between patients diagnosed during 2001-2005 and those diagnosed during 2006-2010 limited to patients of 65 years of age or younger.
(D) OS comparison between patients diagnosed during 2001-2005 and those diagnosed during 2006-2010 limited to patients older than 65 years of age.
Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Leukemia. Kumar SK, Dispenzieri A, Lacy MQ, et al. Continued improvement in survival in multiple myeloma: changes in early mortality and outcomes in older patients. Leukemia 2014; 28:1122. Copyright © 2014.
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