Myeloma

When diagnosing patients with multiple myeloma, it is important to identify the specific stage, mutations and risk level of the disease to determine the most effective treatment method, according to Jeffrey Wolf, M.D.

A lack of vitamin D can have major impacts on myeloma treatment outomes.

Four oncology nurses were recognized during the inaugural event for their efforts to prioritize the health of patients’ bone health during treatment.

It takes a lot to call something a revolution in medicine ... The most important, of course, is its impact on people’s lives — particularly, a cure for illness or a major extension of life. A revolution also implies a sweeping cataclysmic change, one that is disruptive and boldly states that things will no longer be the same.

In pretreated multiple myeloma, experimental CAR-T cell immunotherapy offers the potential for long-term — and possibly even permanent — remission.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Darzalex (daratumumab) in combination with Velcade (bortezomib), melphalan and prednisone – also known as VMP – for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT).

One expert discusses current standard-of-care regimens as well as new combinations on the horizon for patients with myeloma who are not eligible to receive a stem cell transplant.

Nearly 17 years after the terror attack, researchers examine World Trade Center environmental factors and cases of multiple myeloma.

There are a number of different treatment options for patients with relapsed myeloma, and it is important that patients and providers dicuss health history to determine which one is best.

Although the amount of treatment options for the frontline setting of multiple myeloma may be limited, extensive research is helping these efforts along.

Simply knowing who to screen, and when, could reduce myeloma-related mortality rates, according to recent research.

When I recited my wedding vows to Eli in 1995, I never expected to be his caregiver. At the time, Eli was seemingly at the peak of good health and in the middle of his nine-year career as a professional linebacker.

The International Myeloma Foundation declared March to be Myeloma Action Month to help raise awareness about the disease.

The definition of smoldering myeloma was reworked in recent years.

Cognitive dysfunction among geriatric patients with blood cancers – such as multiple myeloma, leukemia and lymphoma – is not only prevalent, but may also impact long-term survival.

While recent breakthroughs have led to more treatment options for multiple myeloma, patients are also experiencing new side effects, stressful financial issues and psychological burdens. In turn, recent research found that this increased distress may actually have negative implications for patient outcomes.

Experts focus on genetic abnormalities to advance cancer care.

The annual Los Angeles event was launched 11 years ago in honor of Romano’s Everybody Loves Raymond costar, Peter Boyle, who died of the rare blood cancer multiple myeloma in 2006.

Patients with multiple myeloma who are eligible for stem cell transplantation should still be considered for high-dose therapy (HDT) even in the novel agent era, according to the authors of a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology.

An abnormal protein found in the blood – called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) – may lead to multiple myeloma progression, even after 30 years of disease stability, according to study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.