Plasma cell leukemia Flashcards
1
Q
behavior
A
highly aggressive malignancy
2
Q
diagnostic criteria
A
greater than 20% plasma cells in the blood
3
Q
overall survival
A
less than 12 months
4
Q
treatment
A
no standard treatments
- typically multiagent chemotherapy (DT-PACE) followed by high-dose melphalan conditioning with auto transplant