13, seen in almost half of newly diagnosed patients. Unlike chronic lymphocytic leukemia,
where a recurrent minimally deleted region including MIR15A/MIR16-1 has been mapped,
the deletions in multiple myeloma predominantly involve the entire chromosome and no
specific driver gene has been identified. Additional candidate loci include RB1 and DIS3, but
while biallelic deletion of RB1 is associated with disease progression, DIS3 is a common …