Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the 8 patients with MM included in the study


Patient no.

Sex/age, y

Disease stage, Durie-Salmon

Treatment

Ig isotype

M-protein concentration, g/L
1   Male/66   Newly diagnosed stage IIIA   NT   IgA λ   55 (plasma)  
2   Male/61   Newly diagnosed stage IIA   NT   κ   50 (plasma)  
3   Female/71   Clinically stable BJ   Chemotherapy refractory   κ   0.8 (urine)  
4   Male/70   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIIA   NT   λ   3.6 (urine)  
5   Female/71   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIIA   NT   κ   0.3 (urine)  
6   Male/71   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIB   NT   κ   3.3 (urine)  
7   Male/83   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIIB   NT   κ   1.4 (urine)  
8
 
Male/78
 
Newly diagnosed stage IIIA
 
NT
 
IgA κ
 
30 (plasma)
 

Patient no.

Sex/age, y

Disease stage, Durie-Salmon

Treatment

Ig isotype

M-protein concentration, g/L
1   Male/66   Newly diagnosed stage IIIA   NT   IgA λ   55 (plasma)  
2   Male/61   Newly diagnosed stage IIA   NT   κ   50 (plasma)  
3   Female/71   Clinically stable BJ   Chemotherapy refractory   κ   0.8 (urine)  
4   Male/70   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIIA   NT   λ   3.6 (urine)  
5   Female/71   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIIA   NT   κ   0.3 (urine)  
6   Male/71   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIB   NT   κ   3.3 (urine)  
7   Male/83   Newly diagnosed BJ stage IIIB   NT   κ   1.4 (urine)  
8
 
Male/78
 
Newly diagnosed stage IIIA
 
NT
 
IgA κ
 
30 (plasma)
 

Terms in parentheses indicate the media in which M-proteins were measured. BJ indicates Bence-Jones MM; and NT, not treated.

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