Patients in cell therapy Carvykti trial in remission after 5 years
One-third of patients with hard-to-treat myeloma were alive and free from disease progression five years after a single infusion of the cell therapy Carvykti…
Myeloma
Myeloma overview
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.
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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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Turning our darkness into someone else’s light
When I recently read that former U.S. President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and it had spread to his bones, my heart…
EU committee recommends Blenrep combos for approval in RRMM
A committee of the European Medicines Agency has recommended approving GSK’s Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) in combination with other therapeutic agents to treat relapsed or refractory…
How I’m dealing with caregiver guilt while caring for my mum
I wanted to scream at my mother last Tuesday when she insisted on skipping her medication because she didn’t feel like taking it. While she…
FDA committee votes in favor of Darzalex Faspro for HR-SMM
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) committee has voted in favor of Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) to treat high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma…
The unspoken weight of becoming a caregiver
I’ll never forget the day that my mother was diagnosed with myeloma. That was when the word “son” was entirely erased from my identity.
