Myelomas
New Findings Reported from Belfast City Hospital Describe Advances in Myelomas
Published in Hematology Week, February 21st, 2011
2011 FEB 21 -- "As rare myelomas, i.e. the IgD, IgE, IgM and non-secretory forms, constitute only a small proportion of any study, relatively little is known about their prognosis in the era of peripheral stem cell transplantation. We used the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Myeloma Database to compare the outcome following autologous transplantation of over 20,000 patients with common myelomas (IgG, IgA and light chain myeloma) with the outcome of patients with rare myelomas: 379 IgD, 13 IgE, 72 IgM and 976 non-secretory cases," scientists in North Ireland report.
"The study confirms the multiple adverse prognostic factors seen in IgD...
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Source: Hematology Week (2011-02-21)
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