The American Society of He­ma­tol­ogy meeting swung into full gear yesterday. The day was full of invited talks and a poster session.

The morn­ing kicked off with an education session in which attendees could learn about sev­er­al myeloma-related topics.

The first pre­sen­ta­tion was by Dr. Ola Landgren from the National Cancer In­sti­tute and National In­sti­tutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Landgren spoke about mono­clonal gam­mop­athy of undetermined sig­nif­i­cance (MGUS) and smol­der­ing myeloma, precursor dis­eases of mul­ti­ple myeloma.

A study pub­lished by Dr. Landgren last year showed that all mul­ti­ple myeloma patients have …