Prognostic significance of thromboembolism in multiple myeloma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study sought to investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of thromboembolism in multiple myeloma (MM).

Methods

The PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Wanfang, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases were systematically searched to retrieve relevant articles from the establishment of the databases to May 2022. This meta-analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between thromboembolism and overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), event-free survival (EFS), and mortality in MM patients. The meta-analysis of the included studies was performed using Revman5.3 software after quality evaluation.

Results

A total of 9 studies from 7 articles, which included 38,047 MM patients and 6,412 cases of thromboe

SUBMITTER: An N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080304 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature