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 ...

Multiple myeloma is a form of blood cancer you may never have heard of–and that makes sense, because it’s, thankfully, pretty rare. That said, if you’re one of the unlucky few (your average lifetime ...

Multiple myeloma is a form of blood cancer you may never have heard of–and that makes sense, because it’s, thankfully, pretty rare. That said, if you’re one of the unlucky few (your average lifetime ...

Dr. Joseph Mikhael discusses the overlooked symptoms of multiple myeloma in honor of Myeloma Awareness Month. March is Myeloma Awareness Month, a time to recognize the subtle but serious symptoms of ...

The blood cancer multiple myeloma, which involves infection-fighting plasma cells in the bone marrow, affects only about 1% of all cancers -- predominantly individuals over age 65. The disease ...

Multiple myeloma is a plasma-cell cancer causing bone destruction, anaemia, recurrent infections, renal dysfunction, and hypercalcemia. It presents with bone pain, fractures, fatigue, weight loss, and ...

Most patients present with asymptomatic, early disease but are found to have abnormal blood and/or urine tests that lead to the diagnosis. In asymptomatic patients, laboratory findings, including ...

Myeloma, often known as multiple myeloma, is a cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell found in bone marrow. These cells are vital for producing antibodies that help fight ...

Nearly everyone with multiple myeloma relapses. That doesn’t make it easy. A cancer diagnosis is traumatic, especially when the cancer is treatable, but not curable. In multiple myeloma, the disease ...

Drs Joseph Mikhael and Sigurdur Y. Kristinsson discuss whether it is time to screen for multiple myeloma and what we can learn from the iStopMM study.