Understanding Multiple Myeloma Testing
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of laboratory medicine and pathology, and clinical biochemist in the Protein Immunology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, to discuss Mul
Lab Medicine Rounds · Mayo Clinic Laboratories
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Show Notes
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Why is it important to update multiple myeloma testing?
1:51 Lab testing driving treatment that is being done
3:30 Explanation about multiple myeloma, how testing started, and how it has evolved
6:02 Needing more sensitivity to detect it
7:47 Driving treatment decisions
9:02 What does this look like in practice?
10:57 Minimal residual disease
12:41 Outside of the box thinking, how has this impacted your practice today?
17:41 Outro