Caring for Someone Throughout the Cycle of Multiple Myeloma
Because Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a chronic (or long-lasting) disease that is also progressive (meaning that it worsens over time), people living with MM may...
Category : Multiple Myeloma
How Multiple Myeloma Starts
Multiple Myeloma Changes Your Cell’s Genetic Makeup How Multiple Myeloma Starts Multiple Myeloma is cancer of a type of immune cell called a plasma cell....
Gene Therapy May Kill Multiple Myeloma
Genetically using a person’s own immune cells to target cancer appears to virtually kill multiple myeloma, a blood cancer being diagnosed more frequently, according to an...
Craig Cole, M.D.: Dropping the Knowledge About Multiple Myeloma
This blood cancer is twice as likely to strike African Americans Cheryl Boyce, a health-care advocate, had heard of multiple myeloma, but the disease was...
Multiple Myeloma: Choosing the Right Treatment
If you’re looking for a standard treatment for multiple myeloma—a cancer that’s more likely to affect you if you’re African American, older than 65 and...
Coping With a Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis
Tips to help ease the emotional toll of a multiple myeloma diagnosis If you recently found out you have multiple myeloma, or even if you’ve...
Multiple Myeloma: What Is It?
African-American men are at an increased risk of developing this form of cancer Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that starts in the plasma...
