Waldenström's macroglobulinemia overview

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. The main attributing antibody is IgM. It is a type of lymphoproliferative disease, and shares clinical characteristics with the indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas.