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Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Older Patients with Multiple Myeloma Treated with Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation

Correa, Denise D
Vachha, Behroze A
Baser, Raymond E
Koch, Adrian
Wong, Phillip
Gohel, Suril
Giralt, Sergio
Root, James C
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There is a paucity of research on treatment-related neurotoxicity in older adults with multiple myeloma (MM) treated with high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) and autologous SCT (HDC/ASCT), despite the increasing use of this regimen. We examined resting state functional connectivity (RSFC), gray matter (GM) volume, neurocognitive function (NF), and proinflammatory cytokines (PCy) in older patients with MM pre- and post-HDC/ASCT. Eighteen patients underwent MRI, NF tests, and serum PCy measurements prior to HDC/ASCT, and fifteen patients completed a follow up five-months post-HDC/ASCT. There were significant decreases in RSFC post-HDC/ASCT in (1) the central executive network (CEN) involving the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex ( = 0.022) and (2) the CEN involving the posterior parietal cortex and the salience network involving the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex ( = 0.029). There were no significant changes in GM or NF, except for improvements in attention (Digit Span Backward, = 0.03). There were significant increases in several PCy post-HDC/ASCT ( ≤ 0.05). In conclusion, RSFC decreased in frontal, parietal, and cingulate cortices post-HDC/ASCT, NF was relatively stable, and several PCy increased. These findings are congruent with other studies in cancer patients and provide supporting evidence for the vulnerability of frontoparietal regions to chemotherapy's adverse effects.

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Correa DD, Vachha BA, Baser RE, Koch A, Wong P, Gohel S, Giralt S, Root JC. Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Older Patients with Multiple Myeloma Treated with Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Sep 8;15(18):4484. doi: 10.3390/cancers15184484. PMID: 37760454; PMCID: PMC10526394.

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10.3390/cancers15184484
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This article is based on a previously available preprint in Research Square, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2733807/v1.

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