Under the revised IMWG diagnostic criteria ... have been added to the attributable CRAB criteria, creating a new diagnostic acronym known as SLiM CRAB: S=60% or more bone marrow plasma cells ...

in addition to the previously defined criteria for end-organ damage (the so-called CRAB criteria), the IMWG recently added the following criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma requiring ...

International Myeloma Working Group updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. The Lancet Oncology , 2014; 15 (12): e538 DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70442-5 Cite This Page : ...

The diagnosis of multiple myeloma traditionally required the presence of end-organ damage known as the CRAB criteria (increased ... bone lesions). The IMWG update added three biomarkers that ...

Diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) is based on diagnostic criteria which include clonal plasma cell (PC) percentage, quantity of monoclonal protein and presence of CRAB symptoms (hypercalcemia ...

The International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) has issued updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. The updated criteria, published in The Lancet Oncology represent a significant change ...

The International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) today announced that it has updated the criteria for diagnosing multiple myeloma. A paper outlining the new criteria was published in the journal ...