Although the cause of multiple myeloma is not known, research shows that genetic changes in the DNA of a single plasma cell set into motion a chain of events that turn a plasma ce ...

Meletios A. Dimopoulos; Maria Roussou; Maria Gavriatopoulou; Flora Zagouri; Magdalini Migkou; Charis Matsouka; Despina Barbarousi; Dimitrios Christoulas; Erasmia ...

This type of cancer produces a protein that we call the monoclonal protein that can be detectable in the blood or urine of the patients who have multiple myeloma. And sometimes patients would also ...

Myeloma is considered a devastating disorder of the plasma cells that can result in many complications such as bone fractures, kidney problems, and other blood cell disorders. Although multiple ...

Multiple myeloma staging is completely different ... and more likely to have all these other organ problems like fractures or kidney failure or need blood transfusions, or all the problems ...

Targeted therapy is a new approach to treating multiple myeloma. Unlike chemotherapy, which kills both cancer cells and healthy cells, this type of therapy targets and inhibits the growth of ...

But every single patient diagnosed with myeloma today must have had these precursor conditions years before. As clinicians, we should be detecting those earlier stages and not waiting for people to ...

Of the 7 patients who did not complete at least six weeks of therapy, 2 died of noninfectious complications of myeloma (renal failure and extradural plasmacytoma), and 2 were not available for ...

A stem cell transplant can be a good treatment for multiple myeloma. A successful transplant gives someone with multiple myeloma new, healthy bone marrow. It replaces the bone marrow harmed by myeloma ...

Dr. Rahul Banerjee is a physician-researcher who specializes in multiple myeloma, a blood cancer caused by plasma cells that can cause bone and kidney damage. Dr. Banerjee also treats patients with AL ...