Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that starts in your bone marrow. This is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones that makes most of your blood cells. It includes plasma cells, which help ...

No two cancers are the same. While most people know about cancer, when you get down to the disease level, each type is unique. Take blood cancers, for example: leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma ...

While it’s not as well-known as, say, leukemia or melanoma, multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in adults, according to the Cancer Research Institute. “Multiple myeloma is a cancer ...

Transcription: Colleen Moretti: What is relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma? How does it differ from typical disease? Dr. Saad Usmani: Relapsed and/or refractory myeloma is myeloma that has come back ...

Peter Voorhees, MD, emphasizes the importance of carefully determined early regimens for smoldering myeloma and involving ...

To Jagannath, cure means long periods of disease-free survival as defined by minimal residual disease (MRD) criteria, 10 -5 ...

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer caused by a buildup of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow. As the abnormal plasma cells accumulate, they crowd out healthy cells and cause symptoms ...

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died Monday at age 84 due to complications of COVID-19, had multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that impairs the body’s ability to fight infections and to ...

POEMS syndrome and multiple myeloma are two rare blood conditions that affect the plasma cells in your body. Plasma cells are a type of white blood cell that make special antibodies to help you fight ...

PHOENIX - On Oct. 3, former Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon announced that he is currently battling a rare form of cancer called Multiple Myeloma. In a series of tweets, Gordon, who served as mayor for ...

To be accepted into a clinical trial, all potential participants must meet the "eligibility criteria" by having similar specific characteristics such as age, gender, disease stage, and previous ...

NEW ORLEANS — House Majority Leader, Congressman Steve Scalise, announced that he is undergoing treatment for a type of cancer called multiple myeloma. He said he is grateful that it was caught early ...