Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Multiple Myeloma: A Multicenter Study.

Jebrin Alkrinawi Nizar Abu Hamdeh M. Alnees Ibraheem AbuAlrub Abdalaziz Darwish D. Najajra Osama Ewidat Yahya Z. Fraitekh Mohammad Masu Apos D O. Salloum Reem J. Saad Nasim Abukaresh Mustafa A. Shahrori Mahdi Awwad Basem Bali Nora I. Baraghithi Ahmad Alhashlamon Y. Rjoub Mohammad Maswadeh Zeina Sinnokrot Firas Besharieh Majde Abu Khaled Rashed Saed Rafufan Alsaied W. Awad Nuha Riyad Sarah Awad Bashar Dawood Yousef Abdelhay Yousef Abu Rayyan L. Shaheen Majdi Zaid M. Manassra Khairi Alzirei Ali Abdullah Haitham Abu Khadija

Oct 2026 · Oncology · pp. 1 · 0 citations

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Higher symptom burden was consistently associated with poorer quality of life, especially in physical functioning, pain, and disease-specific concerns, in this multicenter cohort of patients with multiple myeloma.

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