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ReviewClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2011

From myeloma precursor disease to multiple myeloma: new diagnostic concepts and opportunities for early intervention.

Ola Landgren, Robert A Kyle, S Vincent Rajkumar

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Review in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. [Progress in risk stratification and treatment of high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma].Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi · 2024
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  10. Novel immunotherapies in multiple myeloma.International journal of hematology · 2022
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  12. Pathogenic signaling in multiple myeloma.Seminars in oncology · 2022
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  14. Quantitative, DynamicDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ola LandgrenCenter for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. landgreo@mail.nih.gov
Robert A Kyle
S Vincent Rajkumar

Funding

TISSUE BANK AND CLINICAL/LABORATORY DATABASEP01CA062242 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI THERNEAU, TERRY M · 1994 to 2009
$12.9M
Prevalence and Progression of Monoclonal GammopathiesR01CA107476 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KUMAR, SHAJI KUNNATHU, RAJKUMAR, S VINCENT · 2004 to 2018
$4.6M
Population based studiesZIABC011205 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LANDGREN, OLA · 2009 to 2014
$858k
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011205NCI NIH HHS CA 107-476-03NCI NIH HHS CA 62242NCI NIH HHS P01 CA062242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) was first described more than 30 years ago, the definition of the entity has evolved. Today, 3 distinct clinical MGUS subtypes have been defined: non-immunoglobulin M (IgM; IgG or IgA) MGUS, IgM MGUS, and light chain MGUS. Each clinical MGUS subtype is characterized by unique intermediate stages and progression events. Although we now have strong evidence that multiple myeloma is consistently preceded by a precursor state at the molecular level, there is urgent need to better understand mechanisms that regulate transformation from precursor to full-blown multiple myeloma. In the future, if such knowledge was available, it would allow clinicians to define high-risk and low-risk precursor patients for a more tailored clinical management. Also, it would provide insights on the individual patient's disease biology, which, in turn, can be used for targeted and more individualized treatment strategies. On the basis of current clinical guidelines, patients diagnosed with MGUS and smoldering myeloma should not be treated outside of clinical trials. In the near future, it seems reasonable to believe that high-risk precursor patients will likely become candidates for early treatment strategies. In this review, we discuss novel insights from recent studies and propose future directions of relevance for clinical management and research studies.

Indexed as

BiopsyBone MarrowClinical Trials as TopicDisease ProgressionHumansImmunoglobulin MMedical OncologyMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceMultiple MyelomaQuality of LifeRiskTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeImmunoglobulin M

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PMID21411440
PMCPMC5901666

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