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Cell autonomous and microenvironmental regulation of tumor progression in precursor states of multiple myeloma.
Current opinion in hematology - 1 Jul 2016
Manier Salomon, Kawano Yawara, Bianchi Giada, Roccaro Aldo M, Ghobrial Irene M
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell malignancy evolving in the bone marrow and leading to end organ damage such as bone lesions, cytopenias, and kidney failure. This review delineates recent advances in the molecular mechanisms leading to tumor progression in multiple myeloma. Two different aspects enable tumor expansion: cell autonomous through genomic alterations in the tumor clone and noncell...
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