Pathobiology and diagnosis of multiple myeloma

K Brigle, B Rogers - Seminars in oncology nursing, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To understand the role of the genetic changes and bone marrow
microenvironment on the development, progression, and staging of multiple myeloma (MM) …

Obesity and multiple myeloma: Emerging mechanisms and perspectives

A Tentolouris, I Ntanasis-Stathopoulos… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Obesity is a global pandemic that has been associated with the development of breast,
endometrial, large intestine, renal, esophageal, and pancreatic cancer. Obesity is also …

Young adult cancer: influence of the obesity pandemic

NA Berger - Obesity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this article is to review the association of the obesity pandemic with
appearance of cancers in young adults under age 50 and to define potential mechanisms by …

Body mass index associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) progression in Olmsted County, Minnesota

G Kleinstern, DR Larson, C Allmer, AD Norman… - Blood cancer …, 2022 - nature.com
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a premalignant clonal
disorder that progresses to multiple myeloma (MM), or other plasma-cell or lymphoid …

Body mass index throughout adulthood, physical activity, and risk of multiple myeloma: a prospective analysis in three large cohorts

CR Marinac, BM Birmann, IM Lee, BA Rosner… - British journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Background Obesity is the only known modifiable multiple myeloma (MM) risk factor.
However, the influence of obesity in earlier or later adulthood and the role of other energy …

Mass spectrometry-detected MGUS is associated with obesity and other novel modifiable risk factors in a high-risk population

DJ Lee, H El-Khoury, AC Tramontano… - Blood …, 2024 - ashpublications.org
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a premalignant condition
of multiple myeloma with few known risk factors. The emergence of mass spectrometry (MS) …

Dissecting the multiple myeloma-bone microenvironment reveals new therapeutic opportunities

G Shay, L Hazlehurst, CC Lynch - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2016 - Springer
Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell skeletal malignancy. While therapeutic agents such as
bortezomib and lenalidomide have significantly improved overall survival, the disease is …

Multiple myeloma and bone: The fatal interaction

S Marino, GD Roodman - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second-most-common hematologic malignancy and the most
frequent cancer to involve bone. MM bone disease (MMBD) has devastating consequences …

Search for multiple myeloma risk factors using Mendelian randomization

M Went, AJ Cornish, PJ Law, B Kinnersley… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
The etiology of multiple myeloma (MM) is poorly understood. Summary data from genome-
wide association studies (GWASs) of multiple phenotypes can be exploited in a Mendelian …

Association between metformin use and progression of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance to multiple myeloma in US veterans with diabetes …

SH Chang, S Luo, KK O'Brian, TS Thomas… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Multiple myeloma is one of the most common haematological malignancies in
the USA and is consistently preceded by monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined …