Table 12.

Clinician requirements of reporting of protein electrophoresis.

What do clinicians really want?	Is a paraprotein present? How great is its concentration? Cumulative reporting
What else do clinicians want?	Sufficient information to be able to calculate response to therapy A uniform approach to reporting of paraproteins that migrate with normal serum proteins in the beta/alpha-2 fractions Recognition and reporting of oligoclonal and small bands that occur post-transplant or post-monoclonal novel agent therapy Consistent reporting of paraproteins on the cumulative report