Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer that starts in your plasma cells.

Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer ... Your healthcare team may recommend taking a bone marrow biopsy to test the chromosomes in the cancer cells. Chromosomes are the 46 threadlike ...

CT is not necessary for the initial staging of patients with MM, but is useful for directing needle biopsy for ... [80] Bone disease is a hallmark of multiple myeloma (MM), associated with bone ...

For some types of cancer, risk factors are known for the majority of cases. For example, smoking causes most lung cancers. This provides an opportunity for prevention. With multiple myeloma, few cases ...

Here’s my take on myeloma-related studies that I’m excited about now and in the year ahead, with a focus on smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), newly diagnosed disease, and first relapse.

New Innovative Local Treatment for Osteolytic Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma Jan ... How Breast Cancer Cells Survive in Bone Marrow After Remission Dec. 4, 2024 — A new study has shed light ...

Samsung Bioepis’ biosimilars Ospomyv and Xbryk have been approved to be interchangeable with Prolia/Xgeva treat osteoporosis and multiple myeloma/bone metastases from solid tumors. The FDA has ...

Almost any infection can lead to leukopenia. Infections can trigger the rapid use or destruction of neutrophils. They may also impair neutrophil production in bone marrow. In addition to being a cause ...

The movie adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's debut YA novel, Children of Blood and Bone, is officially on the ... of Orïsha franchise over bids from multiple studios, including Universal, Amazon ...