Gene Variants Can Predict Early or Late Mortality in Multiple Myeloma
Gene Variants Can Predict Early or Late Mortality in Multiple Myeloma
MG Sullivan
20081011
2008 Nov 11
Elsevier Global Medical News
Gene Variants Can Predict Early or Late Mortality in Multiple Myeloma
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2008 Nov 11, MG Sullivan
Genetic variants in the DNA of patients with multiple myeloma appear to strongly influence survival, a groundbreaking new genomic study has concluded.In this first pass at identifying genetic markers for survival, treatment response, and complications in the disease, a group of 3,400 variants predicted early or late mortality 76% of the time, Dr. Brian Van Ness said in an interview about the initial report (BMC Medicine 2008 Sept. 8 [doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-26]). "Clearly, inherited genetics influenced...
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