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How are you? In addition to the above post, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is a common precancerous condition affecting older people ( above 50 years of age). It has also a small risk of progressing to a blood cancer. Blood and urine tests and even bone marrow tests may help with the diagnosis. Take care and regards.
How are you? In addition to the above post, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is a common precancerous condition affecting older people ( above 50 years of age). It has also a small risk of progressing to a blood cancer. Blood and urine tests and even bone marrow tests may help with the diagnosis. Take care and regards.
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS, unknown or uncertain may be substituted for undetermined), formerly benign monoclonal gammopathy, is a condition in which a paraprotein is found in the blood during standard laboratory tests. It resembles multiple myeloma and similar diseases, but the levels of antibody are lower, the number of plasma cells (white blood cells that secrete antibodies) in the bone marrow is lower, it has no symptoms or problems, and no treatment is indicated. However, multiple myeloma develops at the rate of about 1-2% a year, so doctors recommend monitoring it yearly. In rare cases, it may also be related with a slowly progressive symmetric distal sensorimotor neuropathy.
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