Epidemiology of plasma cell leukemia in the Czech Republic
| Název česky | Epidemiologie plazmocelulární leukemi v České republice |
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| Autoři | |
| Rok publikování | 2019 |
| Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
| Časopis / Zdroj | Klinická onkologie |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
| Citace | |
| www | https://www.linkos.cz/casopis-klinicka-onkologie/2019-02-15-1/epidemiologie-plazmocelularni-leukemie-v-ceske-republice/ |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.14735/amko201947 |
| Klíčová slova | plasma cell leukemia; epidemiology; Czech National Cncer Registry; Czech Republic |
| Přiložené soubory | |
| Popis | BACKGROUND: Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare but most aggressive form of monoclonal gammopathies. PCL is characterized by the presence of clonal plasma cells in peripheral blood. There are two forms of PCL - primary which presents de novo in patients with no evidence of previous multiple myeloma and secondary which is a leukemic transformation of relapsed or refractory disease in patients with previously recognized multiple myeloma. Data from registries such as the CNCR can provide useful information on epidemiology of various dis-eases. These data, however, have several limitations, such as dia-gnostic criteria and proper coding of not only the dis-ease itself, but also its various forms. These limitations have to be taken into account during the process of results interpretation. |