Myeloma Crowd has launched an online tool called HealthTree, aimed at helping patients with multiple myeloma find the most appropriate therapies for their 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.
Latest news
A new investigational compound targeting a central pathway in cancer development showed promising results in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma…
During a strenuous but spectacular hike, a team including four patients is traversing Nepal’s Khumbu region, encountering some of the world’s tallest mountains, and experiencing…
Celgene‘s immunomodulatory agent Revlimid (lenalidomide) significantly extended the time until disease progression in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who were not yet experiencing any symptoms of…
Adding Darzalex (daratumumab) to the standard pre-transplant therapy for multiple myeloma significantly increased the number of patients showing no signs of cancer after…
STRO-001, Sutro Biopharma’s investigational therapy for multiple myeloma, was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “There…
