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Given the sensitivity and prognostic value of the serum free light chain ratio for light chain multiple myeloma, do you continue to check urine studies?

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Medical Oncology · Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
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This is a very pertinent and timely question.

In fact, there is finally data. Dr. Dejoie et al published in Blood a study comparing the performance of serum and urine measurements in 113 newly diagnosed light chain myeloma patients. Interestingly only 64% of these patients had a measurable urine pro...

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