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Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2007) 4, 560-561
doi:10.1038/ncponc0918  

Study identifies risk factors for progression of smoldering multiple myeloma

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Patients with smoldering multiple myeloma—an asymptomatic proliferative disorder of plasma cells—are at high risk of progression to active multiple myeloma. In a recent paper, Kyle et al. report that the risk of progression to symptomatic disease is associated with the proportion of plasma cells in the bone marrow, and the serum monoclonal protein level, at diagnosis.

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