Morie A. Gertz • S. Vincent Rajkumar
Editors

2014

Diagnosis and Treatment

Advances in multiple myeloma and related plasma cell disorders are occurring at an unprecedented pace. These include dramatic changes not only in diagnosis and therapy but also in our understanding of the biological basis of these complex neoplastic disorders. We are thrilled with the advances, but at the same time recognize the challenges and confusion that occur. There are a plethora of guidelines and recommendations from expert panels that are often contradictory. Furthermore, availability and access to modern drugs are not uniform across the world, resulting in widely varied treatment approaches. In this book, we have assembled a multidisciplinary collection of experts from the Mayo Clinic to present the latest aspects of the biology and management of a wide spectrum of plasma cell disorders.