Table 1.

Durie-Salmon Stage, International Staging System Stage, and Survival Status According to Time to Diagnosis in Multiple Myeloma Cases

DSS (n = 95)ISS Stage (n = 43)Survival Status (n = 98)
IIIIIIIIIIIIAliveDead
Patients, n (%)67 (71)18 (19)10 (10)28 (65)11 (25)4 (9)68 (69)30 (30)
TTD (months)
    Mean ± SD10.8 ± 8.412.7 ± 9.313.4 ± 9.212.0 ± 9.114.0 ± 8.011.7 ± 9.711.1 ± 8.812.4 ± 8.5
    Median11.912.213.513.815.612.010.912.9
Patients by TTD, n (%)
    >2 months19 (79)4 (17)1 (4)8 (80)1 (10)1 (10)18 (75)6 (25)
    2–12 months15 (63)5 (21)4 (16)4 (44.5)4 (44.5)1 (11)19 (73)7 (27)
    >12 months33 (70)9 (19)5 (11)16 (67)6 (25)6 (8.3)31 (65)17 (35)
  • DSS, Durie-Salmon stage; ISS, international staging system; SD, standard deviation; TTD, time to diagnosis.