Table 1 Patient characteristics and the results of bortezomib-containing chemotherapy in patients with and without tuberculosis infection.

^a)P value is the comparison according to the tuberculous infection. ^b)P value is the comparison according to the intact immunoglobulin versus light chain disease.

Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ISS, international staging system; Vel-CD, bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone; Vel-CTD, vel-CD and thalidomide; CR, complete response; VGPR, very good partial response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease.

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