Abstract

Early relapse is an adverse prognostic marker in systemic immunoglobulin light chain (AL) Amyloidosis

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  • Sriram Ravichandran 1, Steven Law 1, Shameem Mahmood1, Brenden Wisniowski1, Darren Foard1, Marianna Fontana1, Ana Martinez-Naharro1, Carol Whelan1, Julian D

  • TO THE EDITOR: Systemic Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a proteinmisfolding disorder associated with an underlying monoclonal B-cell or plasma cell dyscrasia

  • Whilst the prognosis of AL has markedly improved with novel agents [1], it remains incurable with a relapsing-remitting course, necessitating multiple treatment lines

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Sriram Ravichandran 1, Steven Law 1, Shameem Mahmood1, Brenden Wisniowski1, Darren Foard1, Marianna Fontana1, Ana Martinez-Naharro1, Carol Whelan1, Julian D. Patients with primary refractory disease, those with ≤24 months follow up and continuing response and those who received 2nd line therapy for reasons other than progression are excluded from the analysis.

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