Part 2: Multiple Myeloma

Todd Zimmerman, MD

Dr. Zimmerman is an associate professor of medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Question 3

All of the following are associated with a poor prognosis in patients with multiple myeloma EXCEPT

  •  Deletion of chromosome 13 by fluorescent in situ
    hybridization (FISH)
  •  Elevated ß2-microglobulin
  •  Hypodiploid karyotypes
  •  t(4:14) translocation by FISH

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