The communication between multiple myeloma cells and healthy bone marrow cells is an important step in disease progression, researchers have found, showing that multiple myeloma…
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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The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is going to add its entire worth of genomic data to the Genomic Data Commons, a National Cancer…
Treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients with a combination of Kyprolis (carfilzomib), Alkeran (melphalan), and prednisone does not yield superior outcomes, compared to the triple combination of Velcade…
BioInvent International has received further patent protection in China, Japan, and Russia covering the use of BI-505 in cancer patients who have failed to respond…
Newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who are using statins have lower mortality rates than those who don’t, a large population-based cohort study reported. In the study,…
PharmaMar has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the use of Aplidin (plitidepsin) in combination with Decadron (dexamethasone, an…
