Multiple myeloma: A review of the epidem
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Dominik D. Alexander; Pamela J. Mink; Hans-Olov Adami; Philip Cole; Jack S. Mand
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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Multiple myeloma, a neoplasm of plasma cells, accounts for 15% of lymphatohematopoietic cancers (LHC) and 2% of all cancers in the US. Incidence rates increase with age, particularly after age 40, and are higher in men, particularly African American men. The etiology is unknown with no established l