Many patients with blood cancers, such as myeloma, go into remission after receiving a stem-cell transplant. However, there are still many patients (about one-third) who relapse, a condition…
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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A study has uncovered that elevated body mass index (BMI), a measurement of obesity, increases an individual’s risk of developing multiple myeloma and the disease’s…
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that blocking a specific mechanism in the benign condition monoclonal gammophaty of undetermined significance (MGUS) may prevent the development…
In the largest study to date, researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research in London identified eight new gene mutations increasing the risk of developing…
Global biotech firm Amgen has announced that the European Commission (EC) approved a variation to the marketing authorization for Kyprolis (carfilzomib) to be used in combination with…
Advances in the molecular understanding of multiple myeloma (MM) onset and disease development have enabled the production of effective drugs, such as bortezomib,thalidomide, and lenalidomide,…
