[Perseverance]

Albumin / Globulin

by Perseverance on Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:42 pm

Are labs results that are indicative of sustained sCR in terms of immunoglobin and light chain numbers but have an albumin trending down (4.2 --> 3.5) and globulin trending up (1.8-->2.3) indiicative of myeloma activity or is this reading too much into the numbers? The affected IGA is 23, Free KLC is 6.1 and the FLC ratio is 1.5

[Dr. Edward Libby]

Re: Albumin / Globulin

by Dr. Edward Libby on Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:13 am

Hello Perseverance,
Its all about the numbers but these are not concerning.
You are right......its the serum free light chain absolute numbers and kappa/lambda ratio that you should focus on. Trends in albumin and globulin are not that informative.

Best of luck from here in Seattle !