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The choice of serum‐free light chain analysis method could potentially have clinical consequences for myeloma patients

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العنوان: The choice of serum‐free light chain analysis method could potentially have clinical consequences for myeloma patients
المؤلفون: Veskovski, Ljupco, Jakobsson, Ingvar, Andersson, Per‐Ola, Gustafsson, Therese, Sedigh, Annelie, Knut‐Bojanowska, Dorota, Hansson, Markus, Hveding Blimark, Cecilie, Mellqvist, Ulf‐Henrik
المصدر: eJHaem ; volume 5, issue 3, page 455-461 ; ISSN 2688-6146 2688-6146
بيانات النشر: Wiley
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref)
الوصف: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a disease, that at times poses diagnostic and monitoring challenges. Over the last decades laboratory methods have been expanded with serum free light chain (FLC) analysis. Alerted by two index cases with clinical impact due to failure of the FLC analysis to indicate a disease progression, we aimed to identify any clinical consequences due to known differences between FLC analysis methods. We applied two FLC analysis methods (Freelite Binding Site [FBS] and N‐Latex Siemens [NLS]) on all patients with MM and monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance diagnosed/followed up at Södra Älvsborg Hematology Unit, from April to December 2022. From a total of 123 patients with malignant plasma cell disorder, we identified five cases (4.1%) where solely the FBS method, as opposed to NLS, urine and serum electrophoresis, could support diagnosis or detect progression. The consequences of this discrepancy included not only change of diagnosis or delayed therapy but also change of treatment. Our findings indicate that a stronger awareness of the potential weaknesses of different FLC methods is needed, which calls for a closer collaboration between clinical chemists and hematologists.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1002/jha2.886
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1002/jha2.886Test
حقوق: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.1D20E094
قاعدة البيانات: BASE