[Therapeutic advances in monoclonal gammopathy-associated renal diseases]

During the last ten years, significant advances have been made in the field of monoclonal gammopathy-associated renal diseases. These have consisted in a better recognition of their pathological and clinical significations and correlation. Furthermore, therapeutic advances have allowed improving the prognosis of B-cell monoclonal proliferations and of the related renal complications. In the peculiar case of the multiple myeloma with severe renal failure requiring dialysis, one can now expect better survival and chance of recovering renal function.