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Multiple Myeloma With Dual Expression Of Kappa And Lambda Light Chains, Monica Patel, Akash Patel, Yvette Wang
Multiple Myeloma With Dual Expression Of Kappa And Lambda Light Chains, Monica Patel, Akash Patel, Yvette Wang
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignancy of plasma cells that accounts for approximately 1 to 2 percent of all cancers and about 17% of all hematologic malignancies.
Plasma cells normally produce antibodies and provide a defense mechanism for the body to fight infections.
Antibodies typically consist of two heavy chains (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD and IgE) and two light chains (kappa and lambda).
Most cases of MM have malignant plasma cells producing monoclonal (M) proteins, most common being IgG about 52% of the time (1).
Only about 2% of these myeloma cases were also found to secrete more than one …