High Levels of Peripheral Blood Circulating Plasma Cells as a Specific Risk Factor for Progression of Smoldering Multiple Myeloma

Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) carries a 50% risk of progression to multiple myeloma (MM) or related malignancy within the first 5 years following diagnosis. The goal of this study was to determine if high levels of circulating plasma cells (PCs) are predictive of SMM transformation within the fi...

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Main Authors: Bianchi, Giada, Kyle, Robert A., Larson, Dirk R., Witzig, Thomas E., Kumar, Shaji, Dispenzieri, Angela, Morice, William G., Rajkumar, S. Vincent
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597230/