European Myeloma Network recommendations on tools for the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma: what to use and when.

ABSTRACT: The diagnosis of multiple myeloma can be challenging, even for experienced physicians, and requires close collaboration between numerous disciplines (orthopedics, radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, hematology and oncology) before the final diagnosis of myeloma is made. The definition of multiple myeloma is based on the presence of clinical, biochemical, histopathological, and radiological markers of disease. Specific tests are needed both at presentation and during follow-up in order to reach the correct diagnosis and characterize the disease precisely. These tests can also serve prognostic purposes and are useful for follow-up of myeloma patients. Molecular analyses remain pivotal for defining high-risk myeloma and are used in updated patient stratifications, while minimal re

SUBMITTER: Caers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278986 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature