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Burning questions about smouldering myeloma

Researchers are amassing evidence about the best ways to treat the precursor condition before it develops into active disease.
  1. Sarah DeWeerdt

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Early detection is a cherished goal of researchers working on most forms of cancer. But when it comes to multiple myeloma, early detection presents a problem. “Myeloma is one of those few diseases which does have a precursor state,” says Noopur Raje, director of the multiple myeloma programme at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Or, more precisely, two precursor states: monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smouldering myeloma.

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Nature 587, S58-S59 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03225-0

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Multiple myeloma, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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