Recent data suggest that the incidence of multiple myeloma may be increasing in Taiwan over the past 25 years,1 which elevates concern that myeloma incidence may be increasing in Asia. If true, this may reflect changes in lifestyle, occupational and environmental exposures, and food intake among other factors, between the younger and older birth cohorts. However, this observation could also be indicative of differences in access to health care, improvement in diagnostic techniques, data collection method, and other influences unrelated to biology.
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