Characteristics and Results of the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma in the Subject under the Age of 65 at the University Hospital of Yopougon in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Table 2

Radiological, evolutional, and therapeutic features.

Variables	Numbers (%)
Radiological signs
Geodes	24 (80)
Demineralization	12 (40)
Bone tumors	1 (3)
Fractures	10 (33)
Seats of fractures
Femur	6 (20)
Humerus	2 (7)
Rib	1 (3)
Tibia	1 (3)
Stage of DURIE and SALMON
Stage I	0 (0)
Stage II	14 (47)
Stage III	16 (53)
Complications
Acute renal failure	2 (7)
Chronic renal failure	2 (7)
Infectious	10 (33)
Hemorrhagic	2 (7)
Therapeutic protocols
VAD	3 (10)
VMCP	9 (30)
VMCP/VBAP	18 (60)
Therapeutic responses
CR	0 (0)
VGPR	2 (7)
PR	14 (47)
Stable disease	10 (33)
Progression	4 (13)
Relapse	0 (0)
Outcome
Living and on treatment	6 (20)
Lost to followup	13 (43)
Dead	11 (37)
Causes of death
Progression	3 (27)
Renal complication	5 (46)
Infectious complication	3 (27)
Survival (median and extreme values in months)	5.1 (0–84)