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[ by | Aug 24, 2012 2:06 pm | One Comment ]
Oligosecretory Myeloma Can Often Be Detected With Free Light Chain Assay

A type of test called the free light chain assay can frequently detect oligo­secretory disease in multiple myeloma patients. The findings, discussed in a letter to the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, also indicate that oligosecretory myeloma is more prevalent at later stages of the disease.

Oligosecretory myeloma, along with nonsecretory myeloma, is a subset of multiple myeloma. Nonsecretory myeloma patients have no measure­able levels of monoclonal (M) protein in their urine or blood. Similarly, oligosecretory myeloma patients have very low M-protein levels, also known as the M-spike, in …

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