Grand Rounds - Feb. 18, 2022
"Multiple Myeloma"
Speaker: Kanwarpal S. Kahlon, MD. Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA.
Objectives
- Demonstrate an awareness of the epidemiology, clinical presentation, laboratory, and diagnostic evaluation.
- Differentiate multiple myeloma from other paraprotein disorders and plasma cell dyscrasias: monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM), plasmacytoma, primary amyloidosis, and POEMS Syndrome.
- Acquire an awareness of risk stratification, staging, prognosis and therapeutic options for Multiple Myeloma.
- Recognize and manage medical complications.
- Describe age, gender, racial, ethnic and socioeconomic factors in the incidence, manifestation, and management of Multiple Myeloma.
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