World Cancer Day 2025: History, significance and all you need to know
World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 of each year to raise awareness of cancer and its treatment globally. With cancer being the most significant cause of death globally,…
Blood cancer: Man almost paralysed by undiagnosed myeloma
For months Jamie Hart continued to work with no idea he had a collapsed vertebra. Source link
COVID Vaccines Offer Only Some Protection for People With Myeloma
By Robert PreidtHealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccination provides far less protection to people with multiple myeloma than to survivors of other types of cancer, new…
Multiple Myeloma and Your Relationships
Ramae Hamrin, 50, learned to expect the unexpected in her personal relationships after she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2018.The northern Minnesota resident says her best friend distanced herself,…
Things People With Multiple Myeloma Wish You Knew
Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer that affects less than 1% of Americans. It can take a serious toll on your life. But better treatments and…
What to Know About Multiple Myeloma
If you or a loved one has just learned they have multiple myeloma, the diagnosis may come as a surprise. Chances are that you don’t know much -- if anything…
Getting Support for Multiple Myeloma
SOURCES: Amy Pappas, myeloma patient, Cleveland, OH. Keith Guernsey, myeloma patient and coach, Gainesville, GA. Urvi Shah, myeloma specialist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. Jason Valent, myeloma…
CART T Elicits Strong Response for Multiple Myeloma
Dec. 9, 2020 -- For patients with heavily-pretreated multiple myeloma, the strong responses seen with the new (CAR T-cell treatment ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) have also been prolonged, according to investigators…
Multiple Myeloma Treatment: What’s New?
SOURCES: cancer,gov: "Stopping Multiple Myeloma with New Treatments" cancer.gov: "Pomalidomide for Multiple Myeloma" Cancer.gov: "Drugs Approved for Multiple Myeloma" cancer.gov: "New Use for Lenalidomide in Multiple Myeloma" Hans C. Lee,…