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Features of extramedullary disease of multiple myeloma: high frequency of p53 deletion and poor survival: a retrospective single-center study of 834 cases.
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia - 1 May 2015
Deng Shuhui, Xu Yan, An Gang, Sui Weiwei, Zou Dehui, Zhao Yaozhong, Qi Junyuan, Li Fei, Hao Mu, Qiu Lugui
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BACKGROUND: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a heterogeneous disease in which most patients have myeloma restricted to the bone marrow, and some patients develop extramedullary disease (EMD) at the time of diagnosis or during follow-up, and show different clinical characteristics and a dismal prognosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied 834 consecutive MM patients in a single center in China and compared clinical features...
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