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myeloma
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myeloma
a usually malignant tumour of the bone marrow or composed of cells normally found in bone marrow

myeloma [‚mī·ə′lō·mə]
(medicine)
A primary tumor of the bone marrow composed of any of the bone marrow cell types.


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The malignant plasma cells produce a characteristic paraprotein (also called myeloma protein, or M protein) that can be detected in the blood or urine.
Patients on both study arms will be evaluated for response to treatment six months after transplantation, using an immunofixation assay to detect myeloma protein in patient samples.
Cancerous myeloma plasma cells produce an antibody referred to as the myeloma protein or M-protein.
 
 
 
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