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Medical Oncology

MGUS   

Questions discussed in this category


What is your threshold to diagnose light chain MGUS with only a slight elevation in the light chain ratio, in a patient without other CRAB symptoms and no M spike?
When would you consider a bone marrow biopsy?
4 Answers available

Do you check beta 2 microglobulin in patients with MGUS?
Does it assist in prognosis in any way?
1 Answer available

Do you recommend IVIg and/or cytoreduction for patients with IgM MGUS with reciprocal depression in IgG and recurrent infections?
Infection is not part of the criteria for starting treatment both in UpToDate and in NCCN guidelines. 
1 Answer available

How would you manage a patient with type 1 cryoglobulinemia secondary to MGUS?
What if the patient is no longer responding to steroids?
1 Answer available

Do you perform biomarker-based screening for AL amyloidosis in patients with newly diagnosed MGUS?
If so, what is your approach to laboratory and clinical testing?
1 Answer available
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Papers discussed in this category


Blood, 2017 Jan 19
How I treat cryoglobulinemia.

Blood Cancer J, 2022 Sep 14
Defining new reference intervals for serum free light chains in individuals with chronic kidney disease: Results of the iStopMM study.

Blood, 2018-01-11
How I manage monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.

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