@article{Jo Caers_Laurent Garderet_K. Martin Kortüm_Michael E. O’Dwyer_Niels W.C.J. van de Donk_Mascha Binder_Sandra Maria Dold_Francesca Gay_Jill Corre_Yves Beguin_Heinz Ludwig_Alessandra Larocca_Christoph Driessen_Meletios A. Dimopoulos_Mario Boccadoro_Martin Gramatzki_Sonja Zweegman_Hermann Einsele_Michele Cavo_Hartmut Goldschmidt_Pieter Sonneveld_Michel Delforge_Holger W. Auner_Evangelos Terpos_Monika Engelhardt_2018, place={Pavia, Italy}, title={European Myeloma Network recommendations on tools for the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma: what to use and when}, volume={103}, url={https://haematologica.org/article/view/8655}, DOI={10.3324/haematol.2018.189159}, abstractNote={The diagnosis of multiple myeloma can be challenging, even for experienced physicians, and requires close collaboration between numerous disciplines (orthopedics, radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, hematology and oncology) before the final diagnosis of myeloma is made. The definition of multiple myeloma is based on the presence of clinical, biochemical, histopathological, and radiological markers of disease. Specific tests are needed both at presentation and during follow-up in order to reach the correct diagnosis and characterize the disease precisely. These tests can also serve prognostic purposes and are useful for follow-up of myeloma patients. Molecular analyses remain pivotal for defining high-risk myeloma and are used in updated patient stratifications, while minimal residual disease assessment via flow cytometry, molecular techniques and radiological approaches provides additional prognostic information on patients’ long-term outcome. This pivotal information will guide our future treatment decisions in forthcoming clinical trials. The European Myeloma Network group updated their guidelines on different diagnostic recommendations, which should be of value to enable appropriate use of the recommendations both at diagnosis and during follow-up.}, number={11}, journal={Haematologica}, author={Jo Caers and Laurent Garderet and K. Martin Kortüm and Michael E. O’Dwyer and Niels W.C.J. van de Donk and Mascha Binder and Sandra Maria Dold and Francesca Gay and Jill Corre and Yves Beguin and Heinz Ludwig and Alessandra Larocca and Christoph Driessen and Meletios A. Dimopoulos and Mario Boccadoro and Martin Gramatzki and Sonja Zweegman and Hermann Einsele and Michele Cavo and Hartmut Goldschmidt and Pieter Sonneveld and Michel Delforge and Holger W. Auner and Evangelos Terpos and Monika Engelhardt}, year={2018}, month={Oct.}, pages={1772-1784} }