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SUBMITTER: Gonsalves WI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5244483 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gonsalves W I WI Rajkumar S V SV Dispenzieri A A Dingli D D Timm M M MM Morice W G WG Lacy M Q MQ Buadi F K FK Go R S RS Leung N N Kapoor P P Hayman S R SR Lust J A JA Russell S J SJ Zeldenrust S R SR Hwa L L Kourelis T V TV Kyle R A RA Gertz M A MA Kumar S K SK
Leukemia 20160726 1
The presence of high numbers of circulating clonal plasma cells (cPCs) in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), detected by a slide-based immunofluorescence assay, has been associated with a shorter time to progression (TTP) to MM. The significance of quantifying cPCs via multiparameter flow cytometry, a much more readily available diagnostic modality, in patients with SMM has not been evaluated. This study evaluated 100 patients with a known or new diagnosis of SMM who were seen at t ...[more]