Were assigned male at birth. Were exposed to pesticides. We do not know what causes MGUS. There may be a link to autoimmune diseases, genetics, or environmental factors. Like multiple myeloma, MGUS ...

This weakens the immune system, with multiple negative ... and carries a risk of 1% per year for progressing to active disease. The prevalence of MGUS is 3% in people older than 50 and 5% in ...

Multiple myeloma is part of the spectrum of diseases ranging from MGUS to plasma cell leukemia, and similar to MGUS, is characterized by proliferation of a plasma cell clone and subsequent ...