Advances in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of multiple myeloma.

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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a tumor of indolent, bone marrow (BM) localized, isotype-switched plasma cells. Recently, the diagnostic criteria have been amended to include some patients who would previously have been diagnosed with ultra-high-risk smoldering MM and benefit from immediate treatment. Genetically it can be divided into tumors with different recurrent immunoglobulin heavy chain gene translocations (4p16,...

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