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When to start treatment
Test results will help your treatment team work out if, or when, you need to start any treatment.
Category |
Test results |
Need for treatment |
monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) |
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smouldering myeloma (asymptomatic myeloma) |
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active myeloma (symptomatic myeloma) |
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Dr Ian Bilmon, Haematologist, Westmead Hospital and The Sydney Adventist Hospital; Martin Boling, Consumer; Catherine Bowley, Myeloma Support Nurse, Myeloma Australia; Dr Samuel Dickson, Radiation Oncologist, Calvary Mater Newcastle; Rachelle Frith, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Haematology, Prince of Wales Hospital; Dr Wojt Janowski, Haematologist, Calvary Mater Newcastle; Yvonne King, 13 11 20 Consultant, Cancer Council NSW.
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