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Michael A. Thompson, MD, PhD, on Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: Reassessing Risk Stratification Models

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Michael A. Thompson, MD, PhD, of Advocate Aurora Health, discusses the implications of the revised diagnostic criteria for multiple myeloma, which removed patients at the highest risk of disease progression from the smoldering group, and a new model for smoldering disease that incorporates revised cutoffs for the previously used parameters (Abstract 8000).



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