Nico Gagelmann, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, discusses the findings from a Chronic Malignancies Working Party European Blood and Marrow Transplant (CMWP-EBMT) study evaluating upfront stem cell transplantation for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma with 17p deletions and 4;14 translocations. This interview was recorded via an online conference call with The Video Journal of Hematological Oncology (VJHemOnc).