Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias: Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 73

by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Plasma-cell dyscrasias (PCDs) are a group of neoplastic disorders characterized by the uninhibited expansion of a monoclonal population of malignant plasma cells. Multiple myeloma (MM) is the most common malignant plasma-cell tumor, accounting for about 1 percent of all cancer types,1 and the second most common hematologic malignancy in the United States. With an age-adjusted incidence rate of 5.5 cases per 100,000 population, an estimated 19,900...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483983633
• ISBN13: 9781483983639
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"