Multiple myeloma: a retrospective analysis of the patients treated at ain shams university clinical oncology department with a review of the literature

ABSTRACT

Background: multiple myeloma [MM] is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells that accumulate in bone marrow leading to bone destruction and marrow failure. Multiple myeloma accounts for about 1.8% of all cancers and slightly over 17% of all the hematologic malignancies in the United States. It is more common in men and for unknown reasons