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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
What's new
Added 2023 BSH, 2022 CAP/AACC, 2019 ARC, 2018 ASCO, and 2014 EMN guidelines for the diagnosis and management of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.
Guidelines
Key sources
The following summarized guidelines for the evaluation and management of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are prepared by our editorial team based on guidelines from the British Society for Haematology (BSH 2023), the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP/CAP/AACC 2022), the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes Foundation (KDIGO 2020), the Amyloidosis Research Consortium (ARC 2019), the American Society of Clinical ...
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Screening and diagnosis
Classification and risk stratification
Risk assessment: as per BSH 2023 guidelines, obtain risk stratification (either in primary care or secondary care) using a validated published model, preferably models not involving a bone marrow examination, to optimize initial management and further follow-up in patients with newly diagnosed MGUS.
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Diagnostic investigations
Laboratory testing: as per BSH 2023 guidelines, obtain immunofixation upon detection of a new M protein to confirm the type of monoclonal protein. Obtain serum free light chain assay to measure free light chain levels and calculate the free light chain ratio.
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Diagnostic imaging
Diagnostic procedures
Bone marrow biopsy
As per BSH 2023 guidelines:
Do not perform bone marrow examination in patients with newly diagnosed low or low-intermediate-risk MGUS.
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Perform bone marrow examination at diagnosis in patients with high-intermediate or high-risk MGUS.
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Medical management
Bisphosphonates: as per ASCO 2018 guidelines, do not use bisphosphonates in patients with MGUS unless osteopenia/osteoporosis is present.
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Chemotherapy
Specific circumstances
Kidney transplant candidates
As per KDIGO 2020 guidelines:
Avoid excluding patients with MGUS from kidney transplantation, taking into consideration the higher risk of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease and other hematological malignancies and discussing it with the candidates.
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Obtain a careful evaluation for other types of plasma cell disorders before kidney transplantation in patients with MGUS.
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Patient education
Follow-up and surveillance
Follow-up: as per BSH 2023 guidelines, obtain appropriate blood tests (CBC, creatinine, serum calcium, paraprotein, and serum free light chain levels) 6 months after diagnosis and annually thereafter in patients with newly diagnosed MGUS. Consider extending the interval in low-risk MGUS and reducing further investigations in patients with a short life expectancy.
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