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- FIGURE 45.4-7. Life table survival curves in multiple myeloma in
- relation to serum beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)M) concentration. The
- upper curve (solid line) is for 324 patients with a serum
- concentration of less than 6 g/mL (median survival, 36 months). The
- lower curve (dotted line) is for 224 patients with higher serum levels
- (median survival, 22 months; P < .0001). (Salmon SE, Tesh D, Crowley
- J, et al. Chemotherapy is superior to sequential hemibody irradiation
- for remission consolidation in multiple myeloma: a Southwest Oncology
- Group study. J Clin Oncol 1990;8:1575)
-