Primary oncogenic events |
Hyperdiploidy |
Trisomies of odd-numbered chromosomes |
50–60 |
Standard risk |
FavorablePositive impact on OS and PFS |
Trisomy 21-negative impact on OSTrisomy 3 or 5-positive impact on OS |
[12,13,14,15,16,17] |
IgH translocations |
|
60 |
|
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Occur as early as the MGUS stageCaused by errors in CSR (90%) and SHM (10%) |
[12, 18, 19] |
t(4;14)(p16;q32) |
FGFR3/ MMSET |
15 |
High risk |
Unfavorable/neutralNegative impact on OS and PFS |
Commonly developed from errors in CSRIncreases rate of relapseCo-occurrence with trisomy 3 or 5 might improve prognosis |
[10, 17, 20,21,22,23,24,25] |
t(14;16)(q32;q23) |
c-MAF |
5–7 |
High risk |
Unfavorable |
|
[14, 19, 20, 26] |
t(14;20)(q32;q11) |
MAFB |
1–2 |
High risk |
Unfavorable |
|
[14, 20, 27] |
t(11;14)(q13;q32) |
CCND1 |
15–20 |
Standard risk |
Favorable/neutral |
Commonly caused by SHM40% RRMM response to VenetoclaxHigh MCL1causes resistance to Venetoclax |
[10, 28,29,30] |
Others: |
t(12;14)(p13;q32) |
CCND2 |
<1 |
Standard risk |
Favorable/neutral |
|
[19] |
t(6;14)(p21;q32) |
CCND3 |
2 |
Standard risk |
Favorable/neutral |
|
|
t(8;14)(q24.3;q32) |
MAFA |
<1 |
High risk |
Unfavorable |
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Secondary oncogenic events |
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del(1p) |
CDKN2C/ FAM46C/ FaF1 |
30 |
High risk |
UnfavorableNegative impact on OS and PFS |
1p21 and 1p32 are the most frequently deleted regions |
[31,32,33] |
Gain (1q21) |
CKS1B/ PSMD4 |
40 |
High risk |
UnfavorableNegative impact on OS and PFS |
Rarely found in MGUSInvolves in disease progressionInduces bortezomib resistanceWorsens prognosis in cases with copy numbers ≥4 |
[34,35,36,37] |
Monosomy 13/ del(13q) |
DIS3/ RB1 |
50 |
|
Neutral |
85% are monosomy; 15% are partial deletionResponds well to first-line therapy |
[8, 32, 38,39,40] |
del(17p) |
TP53 |
5–10 NDMM40 advanced MM |
High risk |
UnfavorableNegative impact on OS and PFS |
Late event in pathogenesisMight be resistant to standard therapy |
[11, 41, 42] |
MYC translocation |
MYC/ IgK/ IgL/ IgH/ FOXO3/ FAM46C/ TXNDC5/ BMP6 |
15 early-stage MM50 advanced MM |
|
Unfavorable/neutralNegative impact on OS and PFS |
IgH/MYC or IgK/MYC are commonly associated with disease progressionIgL/MYC adverse prognosis in NDMMIncreases risk of progression from SMM to MM |
[11, 12, 42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49] |
Others |
del(11q) |
BIRC2/3 |
7 |
|
|
|
[12, 32, 50, 51] |
del(16q) |
WWOX/ CYLD |
35 |
|
Unfavorable |
|
|
del(14q) |
TRAF3 |
38 |
|
Unfavorable |
|
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del(12p) |
CDKN1B |
|
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Unfavorable |
|
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del(8p) |
TRAIL |
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Unfavorable |
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