IMWG '14 DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA TO INITIATE TREATMENT IN NEW DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA: REAL-WORLD STADISTICS

Diagnostic criteria for Symptomatic Multiple Myeloma (MM) Published in 2003 by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG'03) established for the presence of a bone Marrow infiltration by plasma cells (BMPC) in any percentage And / or the presence of a monoclonal component of any amount Along with the presence of signs or symptoms of organ damage (CRAB) attributable to the proliferation of plasma cells. These criteria have not changed in the last decade until the Recent revision of diagnostic criteria and treatment that IMWG Published by the end of 2014, which proposes an initial Pathologic condition (> 10% BMPC or demonstration of a Plasmacytoma) as a preliminary condition before starting treatment Due to “CRAB redefined” and / or the presence of markers of Rapid progression to “classical-symptomatic” MM criteria.