International Myeloma Working Group

International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma

By imwg On October 29, 2015 · Add Comment · In Guidelines

International Myeloma Working Group updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma

By imwg On October 27, 2014 · Add Comment · In Diagnosis, Staging & Monitoring, IMWG Publications

This International Myeloma Working Group consensus updates the disease defi nition of multiple myeloma to include�validated biomarkers in addition to existing requirements of attributable CRAB features (hypercalcaemia, renal�failure, anaemia, and bone lesions). These changes are based on the identifi cation of biomarkers associated with near�inevitable development of CRAB features in patients who would otherwise be regarded as having smouldering�multiple myeloma. A delay in application of the label of multiple myeloma and postponement of therapy could be�detrimental to these patients. In addition to this change, we clarify and update the underlying laboratory and�radiographic variables that fulfi l the criteria for the presence of myeloma-defi ning CRAB features, and the histological�and monoclonal […]

IMWG Guidelines on Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Multiple Myeloma

By imwg On March 1, 2010 · Add Comment · In Diagnosis, Staging & Monitoring, Guidelines

International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma

International Myeloma Working Group updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma

IMWG Guidelines on Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Multiple Myeloma

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