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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Wilfried Gouraud
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27560 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Magrangeas Florence F Avet-Loiseau Hervé H Munshi Nikhil C NC Minvielle Stéphane S
Blood 20110531 3
Multiple myeloma (MM) develops from a premalignant plasma cell proliferative disorder, and with time can progress to a more aggressive disease in extramedullary locations. The gradually clinical evolution is supported by clonal expansion of cells that acquire genetic lesions over years. This model of cancer evolution based on ongoing genomic instability mechanism may apply to development of most MM cases. However, in a small fraction of newly diagnosed MM who relapse quickly and finally die with ...[more]