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Release date:
December 31, 2008
Expiration date:
December 31, 2009
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Accreditation
This learning activity has been designated for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
Target Audience
This learning activity is intended for medical oncologists, hematologists, stem cell transplant physicians,
and other interested healthcare professionals who treat and manage myeloma and
related diseases in the hematology/oncology and transplant patient settings.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this education program the participant should be able to:
- Describe and differentiate between the typical and the less common clinical presentations
of myeloma and other plasma cell disorders;
- Define and interpret the appropriate laboratory procedures, bone marrow findings and imaging
studies necessary to evaluate and stage multiple myeloma and other plasma cell disorders;
- Describe and discuss the diagnostic criteria for multiple myeloma, smoldering myeloma
(SMM) and monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS);
- Distinguish between and apply the various staging systems for multiple myeloma;
- Describe and discuss the prognostic significance and treatment planning impact of
cytogenetic changes in myeloma cells as detected by conventional cytogenetic karyotyping
and by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).
Author
Angela Dispenzieri, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Medical Writers
James W. Clendening
Toronto, Ontario
Marie Sabo Recine
Hamilton Square, New Jersey
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All authors were independently selected by the organizing committee.
Those authors who disclosed affiliations or financial interests with the
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Dr Angela Dispenzieri
Does not report any affiliations with commercial organizations
Medical Writers
James W. Clendening
Does not report any affiliations with commercial organizations.
Marie Sabo Recine
Does not report any affiliations with commercial organizations.
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Disclosure of Unapproved Uses and Investigational Drugs
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Statement of Commercial Support
The following companies have provided unrestricted educational grants in support of this activity: Celgene Corporation, Millenium Pharmaceuticals Inc and Novartis Pharma US
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