Research Article
Total Marrow Irradiation as Part of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Asian Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Table 1
Main characteristics at diagnosis of the nine patients according to treatment group.
| | | Arm A () | Arm B () | |
| | Age | 54 (47–62) | 55 (55-56) | 1.000 | | Gender | | | | | Female | 3 (50%) | 2 (67%) | 0.595 | | Male | 3 (50%) | 1 (33%) | | Durie-Salmon stage | | | | | 2A | 1 (17%) | 0 | 0.643 | | 3A | 3 (50%) | 3 (100%) | | 3B | 2 (33%) | 0 | | M component | | | | | IgG | 4 (67%) | 3 (100%) | 0.417 | | LCD | 2 (33%) | 0 | | Hemoglobin | 6.6 (5.5–12.5) | 9.6 (8.4–11.1) | 1.000 | | Serum calcium | 8.75 (7.6–9.4) | 9.6 (8.7–11.2) | 1.000 | | Serum creatinine | 1.74 (0.62–3.86) | 0.93 (0.8–1.1) | 0.524 | | Serum B2-microglobulin | 2637 (1890–3033) | 2143 (1515–3376) | 1.000 |
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