Table 1.

Demographic and staging data for multiple myeloma patients in this study.

	Newly diagnosed n=46	Relapsed n=35
Age	62.0 ± 1.5 yrs	57.7 ± 1.5 yrs
Sex	M = 27, F = 19	M = 20, F = 15
Heavy chain isotype	IgG = 26 IgA = 10 IgM = 1 IgG + IgA = 1 Light chain only = 8	IgG = 18 IgA = 3 IgM = 1 IgD = 1 Light chain only = 7 Oligosecretory = 4
Light chain isotype	Kappa = 31 Lambda = 15	Kappa = 23 Lambda = 11 Not done = 1
Cytogenetics	Normal = 32 Del(20q) = 1 Inv(2) = 1 Inv(9) = 2 Y(-) = 2 Complex t(1;8); t(11;14); t(12;27) = 1 Not done = 7	Normal = 18 Complex = 7 Complex incl. t(5;13)(q31;q14) = 1 Inv(9) =1 Not done = 8
FISH	Normal = 15 Del (13q14) = 4 Complex incl. del(13q14) = 7 t(11;14) = 4 t(4;14) = 1 Trisomy/ tetrasomy 11 = 5 Trisomy 11/ trisomy 17 = 1 Complex = 1 Not done = 8	Normal = 19 t(11;14) =2 Del(13) = 2 Trisomy 11 = 1 Trisomy 11 + del(13q14) = 1 Complex = 1 Not done = 9
Serum β2-microglobulin	4.8 ± 0.6 mg/ dL	4.7 ± 0.7 mg/ dL
Serum albumin	3.6 ± 0.1 mg/ dL	3.5 ± 0.1 mg/ dL
Hemoglobin	10.4 ± 0.4 gm/ dL	10.2 ± 0.3 gm/ dL
Serum creatinine	1.5 ± 0.2 mg/ dL	2.2 ± 0.4 mg/ dL