Rahul Banerjee, Assistant Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center at the University of Washington, shared a post on X by Tracy King, adding:
“Tour de force analysis of SSQ-MM, a PRO measure focused on dexamethasone in myeloma.
100s of patients filled this out: common steroid AEs include insomnia but also prox myopathy (difficulty rising from).
High SSQ-MM strongly associated with low QOL. Time for down with dex!”
Quoting Tracy King’s post below:
“Building evidence to support burden of dex.
Georgia McCaughan, Jacqui Jagger et al.”
Title: Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to Assess the Impact of Steroids in the Treatment of Myeloma: The Steroid Symptom Questionnaire–Multiple Myeloma
Authors: Tracy King, Louise Acret, Claudia Rutherford, Margaret-Ann Tait, Jacqueline Jagger, Julija Sipavicius, Georgia McCaughan, Douglas Joshua, Kate White
Read The Full Article at Seminars in Oncology Nursing.
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