Table 1.
Normal cytogenetics
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Abnormal cytogenetics
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MM stage | Patients studied | Percent positive | Patients studied | Percent positive | P |
Diagnosis | 126 | 31 | 35 | 60 | .004 |
Relapse | 28 | 61 | 27 | 100 | < .001 |
Newly diagnosed and relapsed patients with cytogenetically abnormal MM have increased expression of NY-ESO-1. P was determined with the Pearson χ2 method.