Poems for the Signs

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Kastritis E, Terpos E, Anagnostopoulos A, Xilouri I, Dimopoulos MA. Angiogenetic factors and biochemical markers of bone metabolism in POEMS syndrome treated with high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell support. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma. 2006 Jul. 7(1):73-6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Wiaux C, Landau K, Borruat FX. Unusual cause of bilateral optic disc swelling: POEMS syndrome. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd. 2007 Apr. 224(4):334-6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

I had a hard time choosing a rating for this one. Like a previous poetry collection I read by the same author, the poems are very personal. Majority of the poems are based off of people they knew or met, or of herself, so it is difficult to rate something very personal. Sevketoglu E, Hatipoglu S, Ayan I, Dogan O, Salihoglu B. Case report: POEMS syndrome in childhood. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Mar. 30(3):235-8. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Ganti AK, Pipinos I, Culcea E, Armitage JO, Tarantolo S. Successful hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in multicentric Castleman disease complicated by POEMS syndrome. Am J Hematol. 2005 Jul. 79(3):206-10. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Ofran Y, Yishay O, Elinav E, Eran E. POEMS syndrome: failure of newly suggested diagnostic criteria to anticipate the development of the syndrome. Am J Hematol. 2005 Aug. 79(4):316-8. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Miralles GD, O'Fallon JR, Talley NJ. Plasma-cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy. The spectrum of POEMS syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1992 Dec 31. 327(27):1919-23. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].Founded in 2005 by Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review is an annual literary journal dedicated to publishing new fairy tales and to helping raise public awareness of fairy tales as a diverse, innovative art form. Work from Fairy Tale Review has been selected for inclusion in The O. Henry Prize Stories Anthology, Best New American Voices, Best American Fantasy, Best Small Fictions, and listed as “Notable” in Best American Short Stories and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, among other honors. Nakaseko C. Autologous stem cell transplantation for POEMS syndrome. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2014 Feb. 14 (1):21-3. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Kourelis TV, Dispenzieri A. Validation of a prognostic score for patients with POEMS syndrome: a mayo clinic cohort. Leukemia. 2017 May. 31 (5):1251. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Does this even have something to do with star signs? Because the stuff written in the poems is oddly specific and hardly relatable. Khan M, Stone K, van Rhee F. Daratumumab for POEMS Syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Apr. 93 (4):542-544. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

Allam JS, Kennedy CC, Aksamit TR, Dispenzieri A. Pulmonary manifestations in patients with POEMS syndrome: a retrospective review of 137 patients. Chest. 2008 Apr. 133(4):969-74. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Authier FJ, Belec L, Levy Y, Lefaucheur JP, Defer GL, Degos JD, et al. All-trans-retinoic acid in POEMS syndrome. Therapeutic effect associated with decreased circulating levels of proinflammatory cytokines. Arthritis Rheum. 1996 Aug. 39(8):1423-6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

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Badros A, Porter N, Zimrin A. Bevacizumab therapy for POEMS syndrome. Blood. 2005 Aug 1. 106(3):1135. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Li J, Huang XF, Cai QQ, Wang C, Cai H, Zhao H, et al. A prospective phase II study of low dose lenalidomide plus dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome. Am J Hematol. 2018 Jun. 93 (6):803-809. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Ohwada C, Sakaida E, Kawajiri-Manako C, Nagao Y, Oshima-Hasegawa N, Togasaki E, et al. Long-term evaluation of physical improvement and survival of autologous stem cell transplantation in POEMS syndrome. Blood. 2018 May 10. 131 (19):2173-2176. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

Tang X, Shi X, Sun A, et al. Successful bortezomib-based treatment in POEMS syndrome. Eur J Haematol. 2009 Aug 6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Obermoser G, Larcher C, Sheldon JA, Sepp N, Zelger B. Absence of human herpesvirus-8 in glomeruloid haemangiomas associated with POEMS syndrome and Castleman's disease. Br J Dermatol. 2003 Jun. 148(6):1276-8. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Sanada S, Ookawara S, Karube H, Shindo T, Goto T, Nakamichi T, et al. Marked recovery of severe renal lesions in POEMS syndrome with high-dose melphalan therapy supported by autologous blood stem cell transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2006 Apr. 47(4):672-9. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. The poems don't rhyme, they don't flow, and they have no rhythm. A few have no consistent theme, and some don't make sense.

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Sethi S, Tageja N, Arabi H, Penumetcha R. Lenalidomide Therapy in a Rare Case of POEMS Syndrome with Kappa Restriction. South Med J. 2009 Sep 4. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Lee JY, Choi JK, Ha JW, Park SE, Kim CW, Kim SS. Glomeruloid Hemangioma as a Marker for the Early Diagnosis of POEMS Syndrome. Ann Dermatol. 2017 Apr. 29 (2):249-251. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Feng J, Gao XM, Zhao H, He TH, Zhang CL, Shen KN, et al. Ischemic stroke in patients with POEMS syndrome. Blood Adv. 2020 Jul 28. 4 (14):3427-3434. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

Kanai K, Kuwabara S, Misawa S, Hattori T. Failure of treatment with anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody for long-standing POEMS syndrome. Intern Med. 2007. 46(6):311-3. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Dispenzieri A, Klein CJ, Mauermann ML. Lenalidomide therapy in a patient with POEMS syndrome. Blood. 2007 Aug 1. 110(3):1075-6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Kojima H, Katsuoka Y, Katsura Y, Suzuki S, Suzukawa K, Hasegawa Y, et al. Successful treatment of a patient with POEMS syndrome by tandem high-dose chemotherapy with autologous CD34+ purged stem cell rescue. Int J Hematol. 2006 Aug. 84(2):182-5. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].Colaco SM, Miller T, Ruben BS, Fogarty PF, Fox LP. IgM-lambda paraproteinemia with associated cutaneous lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate in a patient who meets diagnostic criteria for POEMS syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Apr. 58(4):671-5. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Dietrich PY, Duchosal MA. Bevacizumab therapy before autologous stem-cell transplantation for POEMS syndrome. Ann Oncol. 2008 Mar. 19(3):595. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Straume O, Bergheim J, Ernst P. Bevacizumab therapy for POEMS syndrome. Blood. 2006 Jun 15. 107(12):4972-3; author reply 4973-4. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].