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Efstathios Kastritis is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and molecular biology, focusing primarily on hematology, oncology, and infectious diseases. Their work includes significant contributions to the study of multiple myeloma, amyloidosis, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and COVID-19.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "Daratumumab-Based Treatment for Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis," 2021, New England Journal of Medicine

Although not the lead author on other highly cited papers related to COVID-19 and hematology, their frequent coauthors comprise notable scientists including Meletios Α. Dimopoulos, Evangelos Terpos, Maria Gavriatopoulou, Despina Fotiou, and Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos, indicating active collaboration within the hematological research community.

Key publication venues where Efstathios Kastritis and collaborators frequently publish encompass:

  • Blood
  • Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia
  • HemaSphere
  • American Journal of Hematology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

Research topics covered by their work focus extensively on:

  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments

The breadth of Kastritis's research falls broadly into the following subfields:

  • Hematology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases

Their contributions add to a corpus of over 1000 publications in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The frequent coauthorship with other leading researchers highlights a collaborative approach to addressing complex clinical problems related to blood malignancies and systemic diseases. The intersection of hematological diseases with infectious disease research, notably COVID-19, marks a key area of recent scholarly activity.

Best Publications

  • International Myeloma Working Group updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma.

    S. Vincent Rajkumar;Meletios A. Dimopoulos;Antonio Palumbo;Joan Blade

  • BET Bromodomain Inhibition as a Therapeutic Strategy to Target c-Myc

    Jake E. Delmore;Ghayas C. Issa;Madeleine E. Lemieux;Peter B. Rahl

  • International Myeloma Working Group consensus criteria for response and minimal residual disease assessment in multiple myeloma

    Shaji Kumar;Bruno Paiva;Kenneth C. Anderson;Brian Durie

  • Hematological findings and complications of COVID-19.

    Evangelos Terpos;Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos;Ismail Elalamy;Efstathios Kastritis

  • Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Cancer After Treatment With Bisphosphonates: Incidence and Risk Factors

    Aristotle Bamias;Efstathios Kastritis;Christina Bamia;Lia A. Moulopoulos

  • New Criteria for Response to Treatment in Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Based on Free Light Chain Measurement and Cardiac Biomarkers: Impact on Survival Outcomes

    Giovanni Palladini;Angela Dispenzieri;Morie A. Gertz;Shaji Kumar

  • Reduction of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) after implementation of preventive measures in patients with multiple myeloma treated with zoledronic acid

    M. A. Dimopoulos;E. Kastritis;C. Bamia;I. Melakopoulos

  • A European collaborative study of treatment outcomes in 346 patients with cardiac stage III AL amyloidosis

    Ashutosh D. Wechalekar;Stefan O. Schonland;Efstathios Kastritis;Julian D. Gillmore

  • Organ-specific manifestations of COVID-19 infection.

    Maria Gavriatopoulou;Eleni Korompoki;Eleni Korompoki;Despina Fotiou;Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos

  • Osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients with multiple myeloma treated with bisphosphonates: evidence of increased risk after treatment with zoledronic acid

    Meletios A Dimopoulos;Efstathios Kastritis;Athanasios Anagnostopoulos;Ioannis Melakopoulos

  • The evaluation of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: a consensus report of the International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group.

    Nelson Leung;Frank Bridoux;Vecihi Batuman;Aristeidis Chaidos

  • Diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance

    Frank Bridoux;Nelson Leung;Colin A. Hutchison;Guy Touchard

  • International Myeloma Working Group Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Myeloma-Related Renal Impairment

    Meletios A. Dimopoulos;Pieter Sonneveld;Nelson Leung;Giampaolo Merlini

  • Pathogenesis and treatment of renal failure in multiple myeloma

    M A Dimopoulos;E Kastritis;L Rosinol;J Bladé

  • Daratumumab-Based Treatment for Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis

    Efstathios Kastritis;Giovanni Palladini;Monique C. Minnema;Ashutosh D. Wechalekar

  • European Myeloma Network Guidelines for the Management of Multiple Myeloma-related Complications

    Evangelos Terpos;Martina Kleber;Monika Engelhardt;Sonja Zweegman

  • How I treat monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS)

    Jean Paul Fermand;Frank Bridoux;Robert A. Kyle;Efstathios Kastritis

  • Bortezomib With or Without Dexamethasone in Primary Systemic (Light Chain) Amyloidosis

    Efstathios Kastritis;Ashutosh D. Wechalekar;Meletios A. Dimopoulos;Giampaolo Merlini

  • Phase 3 Trial of Ibrutinib plus Rituximab in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia

    Meletios A. Dimopoulos;Alessandra Tedeschi;Judith Trotman;Ramón García-Sanz

  • Response assessment in Waldenström macroglobulinaemia: update from the VIth International Workshop.

    Roger G. Owen;Robert A. Kyle;Marvin J. Stone;Andy C. Rawstron

Frequent Co-Authors

Meletios A. Dimopoulos
Meletios A. Dimopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Evangelos Terpos
Evangelos Terpos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Giampaolo Merlini
Giampaolo Merlini University of Pavia
Steven P. Treon
Steven P. Treon Harvard University
Paul G. Richardson
Paul G. Richardson Harvard University
Ramón García-Sanz
Ramón García-Sanz University of Salamanca
Shaji Kumar
Shaji Kumar Mayo Clinic
Xavier Leleu
Xavier Leleu Harvard University
Irene M. Ghobrial
Irene M. Ghobrial Harvard University

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