Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a lymphoid neoplasm resulting from the accumulation, predominantly in the bone marrow (BM), of a clonal population of lymphocytes, lymphoplasmacytic cells, and plasma cells, which secrete a monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)M. WM corresponds to lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL)…
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a lymphoid neoplasm resulting from the accumulation, predominantly in the bone marrow (BM), of a clonal population of lymphocytes, lymphoplasmacytic cells, and plasma cells, which secrete a monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)M. WM corresponds to lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL)…
Summary of Key Points Cancer complicates 1 in 1000 pregnancies; the most common malignancies in pregnant women are breast cancer, cervical cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, malignant melanoma, and acute leukemia. No evidence exists that pregnancy alters the clinical behavior of cancer,…