Multiple Myeloma Digital Prescription

Hope--although we don't use this word lightly, patients with multiple myeloma should truly be hopeful. Dr. Richardson tells us about progress in treatment.

Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer involving plasma cells that reside in the bone marrow. Patients can either be low risk, intermediate risk, or high risk.

Patients should not listen to rumors that a specific diet is good or bad for multiple myeloma, but should simply aim to exercise regularly and eat healthy.

What is a blood cancer? Why is multiple myeloma considered one? What causes a blood cancer? How is it detected?

Researchers are currently developing a cancer vaccine to prevent smoldering myeloma and MGUS from progressing into active myeloma.

Risk factors associated with multiple myeloma, namely race and ethnicity. African americans have the highest risk for developing multiple myeloma.

Precursor diseases, like MGUS and smoldering myeloma, can put patients at an increased risk of developing multiple myeloma.

Here we clear up some common misconceptions about multiple myeloma related to age, prevalence, symptoms, and clinical trials.

Here we clear up some common misconceptions about multiple myeloma related to bone pain, survival rate, and race/ethnicity.

Here we clear up some common misconceptions about multiple myeloma related to bone fractures, cures, and stem cell transplants.

Experts explain the symptoms of multiple myeloma including back pain, bone pain, and tiredness. Multiple myeloma as a cancer is often undiagnosed.

Multiple myeloma is a relatively rare cancer of a type of blood cells called plasma cells. Here are some symptoms to look out for.

If You Have Back Pain, Should You Get an MRI For Multiple Myeloma? In most cases the answer is no, although bone pain is a symptom of multiple myeloma

What Can You Expect from a Bone Marrow Biopsy? You will have some kind of aesthetic. A large needle will remove fluid From your hip bone.

Early symptoms for multiple myeloma can seem unalarming. Know which signs to look for before contacting your physician for further testing.

If you suspect you have multiple myeloma, a physician will perform several tests, including a blood draw, kidney analysis, and a bone marrow-biopsy.

Getting a multiple myeloma diagnosis can be scary and confusing. Social worker Sarah Kelly shares some advice for coping.

New treatments over the years have transformed myeloma from a terminal illness to a chronic disease that patients can live with, rather than die from.

The prognosis after a multiple myeloma diagnosis will vary from person to person, and will depend on DNA risk.

When prescribing you a combination therapy for your initial treatment, your doctor will take into account any other pre existing conditions you might have.

SurvivorNet has gathered guidance from specialists, as well as the stories of patients, to help you with your journey through multiple myeloma treatment.

First Phase Treatment - How Will I Feel? The first phase of treatment is called induction therapy. It usually involves three drugs

In the second phase of treatment, myeloma patients underdog intensive chemotherapy followed by a stem-cell transplant to restore lost healthy cells.

Top experts explain stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma. Also sometimes called bone marrow transplant for multiple myeloma.

Autologous stem cell transplant uses your own cells to replenish your bone marrow with healthy cells following chemotherapy. Learn why it's so important.

Making decisions about multiple myeloma treatment can be difficult. Fortunately, there are clinical trials that inform doctors' decisions.

People who get chemotherapy plus a stem cell transplant tend to remain in remission longer than those who get chemotherapy alone.

A Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Myeloma - What to Expect? First,It's not actually a transplant according to Dr. Sagar Lonial from Emory University

We've teamed up with myeloma specialists like Dr. Caitlin Costello to help explain the steps involved in removing stem cells from your body.

The majority of patients respond very well to stem-cell transplants, but there can be serious short term and long term side effects.

The first phase of myeloma treatment is known as induction therapy, and consists of a triplet drug regimen.

Lenalidomide is one of the most important drugs for multiple myeloma treatment, but it didn't start out that way. Learn how lenalidomide came to be.

Should Initial Treatment Include Monoclonal Antibodies? Recent data suggests that there may be a benefit of adding monoclonal antibodies

Recent advances raised the question of whether Antibody should be considered as part of initial Treatment For Multiple Myeloma?

The final step of myeloma treatment is the maintenance phase. We've gathered the perspective of specialists across the country to help you through it.

Maintenance therapy is a less intense, more prolonged portion of treatment used to try to keep multiple myeloma at bay after it is initially treated.

The third and final phase of melanoma is known as the maintenance phase, in which patients take a sustained, small drug dose to keep the cancer at bay.

Maintenance therapy is essential for both standard-risk and high-risk patients, as its been proven to extend life significantly.

Learn about some of the options, like lenalidomide and Velcade, for the third and final phase of multiple myeloma treatment, the maintenance phase.

Treating your cancer is like restoring and maintaining your front lawn--it takes time, persistence, and continuous care, both from providers and yourself.

Some people are able to stop treatment for multiple myeloma because of something called minimal residual disease (MRD).

Long term use of Revlimid (lenalidomide) can extend your life by years, keeping the cancer at bay using your immune system.

When your myeloma relapses, the best option will be a combination therapy of Dara, lenalidomide, and a steroid.

There are a number of different options for the patient with relapsed myeloma Including a number of different drug combinations.

Oncologists differ on exactly the right treatment for relapsed myeloma, but with so many treatments available patients have many options for response.

Multiple Myeloma relapses quickly, top experts explain the options for treatment, drug combinations and stem cell transplant.

Although there does not seem to be a clear standard of care in relapsed myeloma, a three-drug combination seems to be widely accepted.

When myeloma relapses, it comes back stronger than ever. That's why oncologists are using a combination therapy of four drugs to tackle it

CAR T-cell is promising for relapsed myeloma, but these patients immune system may be too exhausted to respond well to the therapy.

CAR T-Cell therapy is an exciting new therapy that genetically engineers your immune system to fight off cancer. It's currently being tested in trials.

Find out why Dara, an exciting new treatment for relapsed myeloma, is an option for fighting the disease and how it activates your immune system to do so.

Explaining triplet therapy for relapsed multiple myeloma including KPD and VRD therapy.

Selinexor, a new class of drugs, is showing promise as a way to treat people with multiple myeloma who don't seem to be responding to other treatment.

Tom Brokaw talks about his cancer multiple myeloma and using medical marijuana to help with pain as well as using Revlimid and the high cost of drugs

Longtime NBC newsman Tom Brokaw is living with multiple myeloma, and living well. But the drugs that allow him to live well are incredibly expensive. 

Linda Levin, a multiple myeloma survivor, says she never -- for a second -- thought that she wouldn't be able to live with the disease.

Even though Anna is dealing with permanent side effects of multiple myeloma, she keeps a really positive attitude about her ability to live with it.