SERUM FREE LIGHT CHAIN ANALYSIS (NOT PAID BY OHIP if orded by GPs & General Medical Clinics)

"BINDING SITE FREELIGHT" serum free light chain analysis Now available PRIVATELY by Gamma Dynacare laboratories. Provided free by OHIP at selected Oncology clinics. Freelite™ Serum Free Light Chain Assays (UK) Freelite™ is a major breakthrough for the detection and monitoring of Multiple MyelomaFreelite Logo (MM) and other B-cell dyscrasia. Freelite™ assays were developed by Binding Site to measure free lambda and free kappa immunoglobulin light chains. Our expertise in the manufacture of antibodies has enabled us to provide a quantifiable, highly specific, automatable free light chain assay for serum. Significant clinical evidence indicates the benefit of Freelite™ serum free light chain assays in initial screening for monoclonal gammopathies. Other benefits include the identification of AL amyloidosis and Nonsecretory MM patients missed by conventional electrophoretic methods, use as a prognostic indicator for progression in myeloma, for risk stratification of MGUS patients, and rapid evaluation of treatment efficacy. Freelite™ is a sensitive, specific marker of kappa and lambda free light chains (FLC) in serum and provides quantitative measurement of: Free kappa in serum Free lambda in serum The serum free kappa/free lambda ratio (κ/λ) The serum free light chain ratio is a strong indicator of monoclonality and is valuable for distinguishing monoclonal from polyclonal diseases.