A new research perspective titled "Bone marrow adipocytes provide early sign for progression from mgus to multiple myeloma" has been published in Oncotarget. Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most ...

The risk for patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance developing multiple myeloma is double if they have a specific category of rheumatic diseases compared with those without ...

Multiple myeloma is often preceded by a precursor disease, such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or smoldering myeloma. However, patients with a myeloma precursor disease ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: After a routine blood test raised suspicions, my husband was diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). At first, we thought this wasn’t a big deal, but ...

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smoldering myeloma are both precursor conditions that can turn into multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that affects plasma cell production ...

Free light chains, kappa (κ) lambda (λ), are produced by plasma cells and known to be an important marker in patients with Multiple Myeloma and AL Amyloidosis. The precursor condition to Multiple ...

The rate of MGUS among hospitalized patients over 50 was twice as high as that of the same age group in the general population. Higher rates of MGUS were prevalent among patients who had elevated ...