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My sister was diagnosed with multiple myeloma idg. what does this mean?

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Dr. Michael Thompson answered

Specializes in Hematology and Oncology

Plasma cell cancer: From the National Cancer Institute --> What You Need To Know About™ - What is Multiple #Myeloma - via @theNCI http://ow.ly/o7CJR #mmsm and Snapshot: http://ow.ly/ungNs The IgG is the type of immunoglobulin heavy chain involved and can be used to follow the cancer in the blood.

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