Improved outcomes for newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis between 2000 and 2014: cracking the glass ceiling of early death

Authors: Eli Muchtar, Morie A. Gertz, Shaji Kumar, Martha Q. Lacy, David Dingli, Francis K. Buadi, Martha Grogan, Suzanne R. Hayman, Prashant Kapoor, Nelson Leung, Amie Fonder, Miriam Hobbs, Yi L. Hwa, Wilson I. Gonsalves, Rahma Warsame, Taxiarchis Kourelis, Stephen J. Russell, John A. Lust, Yi Lin, Ronald S. Go, Steven R. Zeldenrust, Robert A. Kyle, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Angela Dispenzieri - Blood 2017 cited by 342

Key Points Significant improvement in outcome is a reality for newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis in the past decade. Six-month mortality among transplant ineligible patients has declined since 2005.