Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Elderly Patients with Multiple Myeloma: Past, Present, and Future

Table 1

Five-year estimates of relative survival in patients with multiple myeloma according to different age groups.

Authors (year)	Age group	Periods		𝑃 value
Brenner et al., (2008) [15]		1990–1992	2002–2004
	50–59	38.8%	48.2%	0.001
	60–69	30.6%	36.3%	0.09
	70–79	27.1%	28.7%	0.21
Pulte et al., (2011) [16]		1998–2002	2003–2007
	50–54	49.3%	58.3%	<0.05
	55–59	41.7%	52.5%	<0.05
	60–64	35.7%	44.4%	0.01
	65–74	32.1%	37.4%	<0.01
	≥75	19.4%	22.7%	0.06
Pozzi et al., (2013) [17]		1988–1996	2006–2009
	<65	58.1%	74.2%	<0.001
	65–74	49.9%	72.9%	0.008
	≥75	29.2%	31.4%	0.567