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ReviewJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN2023

Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis: Diagnosis and Risk Assessment.

Saurabh Zanwar, Morie A Gertz, Eli Muchtar

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Review in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saurabh ZanwarDivision of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Morie A GertzDivision of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Eli MuchtarDivision of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

Project 4: Targeting Resistance to T-Cell Directed Therapy in Multiple MyelomaP50CA186781 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA · PI Peter Leif Bergsagel · 2015 to 2026
$25.5M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA186781
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a clonal plasma cell disorder with multiple clinical presentations. The diagnosis of AL amyloidosis requires a high index of suspicion, making a delay in diagnosis common, which contributes to the high early mortality seen in this disease. Establishing the diagnosis of AL amyloidosis requires the demonstration of tissue deposition of amyloid fibrils. A bone marrow biopsy and fat pad aspirate performed concurrently have a high sensitivity for the diagnosis of AL amyloidosis and negate the need for organ biopsies in most patients. An accurate diagnosis requires amyloid typing via additional testing, including tissue mass spectrometry. Prognostication for AL amyloidosis is largely driven by the organs impacted. Cardiac involvement represents the single most important prognostic marker, and the existing staging systems are driven by cardiac biomarkers. Apart from organ involvement, plasma cell percentage on the bone marrow biopsy, specific fluorescence in situ hybridization findings, age at diagnosis, and performance status are important prognostic markers. This review elaborates on the diagnostic testing and prognostication for patients with newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis.

Indexed as

AmyloidosisImmunoglobulin Light-chain AmyloidosisHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescencePlasma CellsRisk AssessmentAL amyloidosisDaratumumabMayo Stage

Identifiers

PMID36630897
PMCPMC10164359
OpenAlexW4315642839

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