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Molecular pathogenesis and a consequent classification of multiple myeloma.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Sept 2005
Bergsagel P Leif, Kuehl W Michael
Abstract excerpt
There appear to be two pathways involved in the pathogenesis of premalignant non-immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and multiple myeloma (MM). Nearly half of tumors are nonhyperdiploid, and mostly have one of five recurrent IgH translocations: 16% 11q13 (CCN D1), 3% 6p21 (CCN D3), 5% 16q23 (MAF), 2% 20q12 (MAFB), and 15% 4p16 (FGFR3 and MMSET). The remaining...
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