Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia and Related Conditions

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide a range of important clinical entities that affect patients with Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia (WM) and related conditions. It comes at a time of great change—hot on the heels of enormous biological and clinical developments in the monoclonal IgM field in the past 10 years and tempered by the advent of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which continues to have an impact on clinical practice.

The clinical features of WM and a spectrum of related conditions will be presented. The molecular landscape will be discussed along with its impact on disease behaviour and treatment response. The choice and impact of therapies is particularly important with the option of targeted therapies also available.

Entities of special interest will be discussed, including Bing-Neel syndrome and IgM-related neuropathies, cryoglobulinaemia and IgM-associated AL amyloidosis. The impact of COVID-19 will be addressed and how this influences clinical management of these conditions. Real-world evidence and patient experience are crucial aspects of managing conditions such as WM, which help us shape treatment algorithms. Such information is also highly valued by commissioning bodies as they appraise novel therapies, which are frequently costly, especially given the open-ended and continuous nature of many of these therapies.

Dr. Shirley D’Sa
Dr. Roger Owen
Dr. Dipti Talaulikar
Dr. Josephine M.I. Vos
Guest Editors

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