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What blood tests are used to measure myeloma and monitor response?

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LECTURE QUIZ

Dr. Robert Kyle discovered that monoclonal proteins exist in the blood, which led to the creation of the blood test now used for screening people for myeloma.

There are three types of blood tests for measuring the status of a patient's myeloma.

Blood and urine tests are done to monitor if patients are responding well to therapy.

Most myeloma patients have an abnormal protein called monoclonal protein, or M-protein, which is a Biomarker for measuring their disease.

Some people don't produce a high enough M-protein for measuring. However, their (non-secretory) myeloma can be measured by: