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multiple myeloma stage and treatment

multiple myeloma stage and treatment

Flouride bone scan suggestive of disimenated skeletal  mets.
On CT chest and abdomen :mildly enlarged liver and spleen and b/l inguinal LN and multiple lytic lesions involving pelvis and femur L and R and vertebrae
CBC : normocytic normochromic RBC with Hb =10.1
increase in S. uric acid =8.7
MRI revealed multiple well and ill defined of altered signal intensity in the body of lumbosacral vertebrae and b/l iliac bones and  acetabulaewith wedge compresion of L1 vertebral body suggestive of mets

SPEP shows slightly elevated peak in gamma region, no M band
these arre the tests the doctor did and told that my father in law has multiple myeloma (advanced stage)
CAn you please tell me if there is any rx and what in the prognosis of treating /not treating it and the mortality and morbidity associated with it ?
thanks
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