Robert Orlowski, Florence Maude Thomas Cancer Research Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared on X:
“Myeloma Paper of the Day:
Systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy of fat pad and BM sampling for AL #amyloidosis finds fat pad and surgical/punch bx w/ similar sensitivity (0.80 and 0.77, respectively); one study w/ both yielded 0.89.”
Title: Diagnostic Accuracy of Fat Pad Sampling and Bone Marrow Biopsy for AL Amyloidosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Muayad Azzam, Hassan Kawtharany, Jamil Nazzal, Qais Hamarsha, Aseel Alkhader, Tala Khraise, Mohammad M AlMasri, Hadi K. Abou Zeid, Iktimal Alwan, Nour Jaber, Maria Adela Aguirre, Deborah Boedicker, Naresh Bumma, Antonia S. Carroll, Raymond Comenzo, Joselle Cook, Noel R Dasgupta, Alfredo De La Torre, Angela Dispenzieri, Faizi Jamal, Jack Khouri, Nelson Leung, Maria M Picken, Shahzad Raza, Vaishali Sanchorawala, Nitasha Sarswat, Hira Shaikh, Daulath Singh, Matthew D Seftel, Vishal Kukreti, Reem A. Mustafa.
You can read the full article on Blood Advances.

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