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I sit in the doctor’s office translating between two languages. The oncologist speaks in medical terms — “progression-free survival,” “bispecific antibody therapy,” “osteolytic lesions,” “minimal…
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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Since the late 1940s, when the first chemotherapies were introduced, advances in treatment for blood cancers have resulted in an estimated 25.8 million life-years…
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There are many treatments now available for multiple myeloma. Quadruplet therapy, bispecific therapy, CAR T-cell therapy, and cereblon E3 ligase modulators (CELMoDs)…
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September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and advocates around the world are joining together to shine a light on blood cancer and fundraise to…
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A new CAR T-cell therapy designed to target multiple myeloma while sparing healthy immune cells has been given to its first patient in a…
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I hand my mum her morning tea and notice the way she adjusts her grip on the cup without saying anything. In that small movement,…
