Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance was diagnosed in 213 Mayo Clinic patients from 1960 to 1994 who were residents of 11 counties in southeastern Minnesota.2,6 Fifty-eight percent of ...

Two recent papers shine a light on monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), a premalignant condition that is prevalent in the general population, affecting about 3% of individuals ...

While immunoglobulin abnormalities appear to shorten treatment-free survival periods, they do not have an impact on overall survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Patients with ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In September 2016, I was diagnosed with IgM MGUS. Repeat bloodwork in November 2017 revealed both IgA and IgM MGUS. I have no measurable M protein. I have had no fatigue, bone pain or ...

Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with lymphoma: Who should receive prophylaxis? Background: Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a distinct B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by ...

Response Assessment of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma by Integrated International Workshop Criteria and Fluorine-18–Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography We evaluated 217 patients with ...

Patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are at risk of progressing to multiple myeloma or a related cancer even after 30 years of stability. Patients with monoclonal ...

Anti-MAG neuropathy is a chronic, immune-mediated demyelinating disorder that predominantly affects the peripheral nerves. It is closely associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy, a condition in which ...

All patients with multiple myeloma have had MGUS, so what is it? To learn about how multiple myeloma can develop, it’s important to first learn about a plasma cell disorder called monoclonal ...

The term paraproteinemic neuropathy describes a heterogeneous set of neuropathies characterized by the presence of homogeneous immunoglobulin in the serum. An abnormal clonal proliferation of ...

Patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are at risk of progressing to multiple myeloma or a related cancer ─ even after 30 years of stability. These are the findings of a ...