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- Title
Urine immunofixation negativity is not necessary for complete response in intact immunoglobulin multiple myeloma: Retrospective real‐world confirmation.
- Authors
Radocha, Jakub; Jelinek, Tomas; Pour, Ludek; Spicka, Ivan; Minarik, Jiri; Popkova, Tereza; Jungova, Alexandra; Pavlicek, Petr; Brozova, Lucie; Stork, Martin; Sedlak, Frantisek; Krhovska, Petra; Maisnar, Vladimir; Heindorfer, Adriana; Sykora, Michal; Wrobel, Marek; Mikula, Peter; Kessler, Petr; Ullrychova, Jana; Hajek, Roman
- Abstract
The article focuses on definition of complete disease response (CR) in multiple myeloma (MM) continues to be reevaluated and the last widely accepted model of response assessment was proposed by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) in 2016. Topics include the urine immunofixation (uIFE), one of the CR parameters, is being frequently omitted from CR evaluation in routine clinical practice, and the patients with missing uIFE are then reported as having very good partial response.
- Subjects
MULTIPLE myeloma diagnosis; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; CONFIDENCE intervals; AGE distribution; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; BONE marrow; MULTIPLE myeloma; ODDS ratio; COMPLEMENT fixation
- Publication
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, 2021, Vol 43, Issue 5, pe244
- ISSN
1751-5521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijlh.13460