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Remember my great plans to go walking regularly to combat chemo fog? “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley,” wrote…
Myeloma
Myeloma is a rare blood cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for producing antibodies that help fight off infectious pathogens and other threats.
While myeloma treatment can drive the disease into remission, sometimes for long periods of time, the cancer will often come back after a few months or years, and additional treatments will be needed.
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I stand at the kitchen counter chopping vegetables for soup and hear my mum sigh from the living room. One might wonder how I can…
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When glucose is scarce, fat cells can produce beta-OHB, a molecule that helps myeloma cells survive metabolic stress, a new study found. The study,…
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I sometimes find inspiration for this column in surprising places. Tonight, I found it at the movie theater, during a showing of “Spider-Man:…
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An international group of researchers is teaming up to develop a myeloma treatment that harnesses the cancer-killing abilities of natural killer (NK) cells. As…
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I stand in the pharmacy aisle holding a packet of painkillers and feel time split in two. In one version, this is just a simple…
