Patients assigned to VGPR, PR, and SD in the IMWG response category are composed of heterogeneous population when assessed by the heavy/light chain assay

Affiliations

• ¹ Hematology/Oncology, Higashi Nagoya National Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
• ² Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
• ³ Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Hematology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Hematology, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
• ⁶ Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kyoto Kuramaguchi Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan.
• ⁷ Marketing and Technical Support Department, Medical and Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd, Nagoya, Japan.
• ⁸ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nagoya City Midori General Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
• ⁹ The Institute of Applied Biochemistry, Kani, Japan.