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Validation of a Diagnostic Model to Differentiate Multiple Myeloma from Bone Metastasis.

Dumnoensun PruksakornNutcha JarupanichLalita LumkulAreerak PhanphaisarnThanate PoosiripinyoSermsak SukpanichyingyongPichaya ThanindratarnYodsawee PornmeechaiTaweechok WisanuyotinRapin PhimolsarntiEkarat RattarittamrongDumnoensun Pruksakorn
Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2023)
The discriminative ability and calibration of the MM-BM DDx model were found to be preserved during external validation. These findings provide support for the practical use of the MM-BM DDx model to assist clinicians in identifying patients with destructive bone lesions who are likely to have MM and enable them to arrange timely referrals for further evaluation by hematologists.
Keyphrases
  • multiple myeloma
  • bone mineral density
  • palliative care
  • soft tissue
  • bone regeneration