MM and Laboratory Medicine : A Look Inside the “Black Box” | Dr. Ronald A. Booth

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Ronald A. Booth, PhD, FCACB, FADLM
Clinical Biochemist at The Ottawa Hospital, ON

Overview: This webinar will take you inside the “black box” of laboratory medicine to understand how vitally important it is to patient care. We will focus specifically on multiple myeloma related testing. Greater than 70% of all medical decisions are based on laboratory medicine test results and this is no different with multiple myeloma. Without laboratory results, many conditions could not be accurately diagnosed or treated, including multiple myeloma. We will delve into how the laboratory doctors, technologists and technicians transform blood, urine and tissues into understandable result that treating doctors and nurses use to diagnose and monitor patients. We will explore the laboratory methods used and how they are interpreted in multiple myeloma; including protein electrophoresis, immunofixation, serum free light chains, complete blood count, immunoglobulin (IgG, IgA, IgM) measurement, flow cytometry and bone marrow biopsy. By the end of the session, you will have greater understanding and appreciation of how laboratory medicine works in multiple myeloma.