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ArticleBritish journal of haematology2022

Identification of patients at high risk of secondary extramedullary multiple myeloma development.

Martin Stork, Sabina Sevcikova, Jiri Minarik, Petra Krhovska, Jakub Radocha, Lenka Pospisilova, Lucie Brozova, Jiri Jarkovsky, Ivan Spicka, Jan Straub and 7 more

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Article in British journal of haematology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Martin StorkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Sabina SevcikovaBabak Myeloma Group, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-7194-6771
Jiri MinarikDepartment of Hemato-Oncology, University Hospital Olomouc and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Petra KrhovskaDepartment of Hemato-Oncology, University Hospital Olomouc and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Jakub Radocha4th Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Faculty Hospital and Charles University in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Lenka PospisilovaInstitute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd., Brno, Czech Republic.
Lucie BrozovaInstitute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd., Brno, Czech Republic.
Jiri JarkovskyInstitute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd., Brno, Czech Republic.
Ivan Spicka1st Medical Department - Clinical Department of Haematology of the First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jan StraubDepartment of Internal Medicine and Hematology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic.
Petr PavlicekDepartment of Internal Medicine and Hematology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic.
Alexandra JungovaHematology and Oncology Department, Charles University Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Tomas JelinekDepartment of Hematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Viera SandeckaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Vladimir Maisnar4th Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Faculty Hospital and Charles University in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Roman HajekDepartment of Hematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6955-6267
Ludek PourDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Charles University · CZUniversity Hospital Brno · CZUniversity Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady · CZUniversity Hospital Olomouc · CZUniversity of Ostrava · CZMasaryk University · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by malignant plasma cell infiltration of the bone marrow. In extramedullary multiple myeloma (EMD), a subclone of these cells migrates out of the bone marrow. Out of 4 985 MM patients diagnosed between 2005 and 2017 in the Czech Republic, we analyzed 234 secondary EMD patients to clarify risk factors of secondary EMD development. We found younger age [<65 years; odds ratio (OR) 4·38, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2·46-7·80, P < 0·0001], high lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels (>5 μkat/l; OR 2·07, 95% CI: 1·51-2·84, P < 0·0001), extensive osteolytic activity (OR 2·21, 95% CI: 1·54-3·15, P < 0·001), and immunoglobulin A (IgA; OR 1·53, 95% CI: 1·11-2·11, P = 0·009) or the non-secretory type of MM (OR 2·83; 95% CI: 1·32-6·04, P = 0·007) at the time of MM diagnosis to be the main risk factors for secondary EMD development. Newly diagnosed MM (NDMM) patients with subsequent EMD had inferior median progression-free (PFS) and overall (OS) survival when compared to NDMM patients without future EMD [mPFS: 13·8 months (95% CI: 11·4-16·3) vs 18·8 months (95% CI: 17·7-19·9), P = 0·006; mOS: 26·7 months (95% CI: 18·1-35·4) vs 58·7 months (95% CI: 54·8-62·6), P < 0·001]. We found that NDMM patients with specific risk factors associated with secondary EMD development have a more aggressive disease course before secondary EMD develops.

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AgedFemaleHumansMaleMultiple MyelomaPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSurvival Analysisextramedullary diseasemultiple myelomaprognostic factors

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PMCPMC9297924
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