Multiple myeloma causes symptoms like bone pain, kidney problems, fatigue, and anemia. Learn key signs and when to seek medical help for this rare blood cancer.
Light chain amyloidosis.This causes unusual plasma cells in yourbone marrow, but there are fewer of them than with multiple myeloma. Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia.This is a type of both monoclonal gammopathy and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph system. The cells of this cancer have...
Multiple myeloma is a type ofcancerof the plasma cells (a type of white blood cells) of the bone marrow. Plasma cells are protein-making cells that normally produce the different kinds of antibodies of the disease-fighting immune system. In multiple myeloma, the plasma cells undergo a malignan...
In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of myeloma bone disease, the currently available anti-myeloma treatments and the lessons learnt from clinical studies regarding HRQoL in myeloma patients. Moreover, we discuss the mechanisms of cancer-induced bone pain and the knowledge that animal models ...
Researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered why multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the bone marrow, seems to return even after an initially effective treatment; the answer is Cancer Stem Cells which lie at the heart of tumours and the fact that the chemotherapy drug Velcad...
Bone complications in multiple myeloma. Cancer Biol Ther. 2006;5:1082–5. View ArticleBerenson JR, Rajdev L, Broder M. Bone complications in multiple myeloma. Cancer Biol Ther 2006; 5(9): 1082-1085.Berenson JR, Rajdev L, Broder M: Bone complications in multiple myeloma. Cancer Biol Ther....
8.7K Multiple myeloma is a cancer that attacks plasma cells in bone marrow, reducing the body's ability to fight infections. Learn about multiple myeloma, including the cells involved, tests, and treatments. Explore related conditions and understand which symptoms indicate multiple myeloma. Related...
Nature Reviews Cancer volume 7, pages 585–598 (2007)Cite this article 12k Accesses 768 Citations 20 Altmetric Metrics details Key Points Multiple myeloma is a currently incurable B-cell malignancy characterized by excess monotypic plasma cells in the bone marrow in association with an excess of ...
Blood Cancer JournalEdwards CM, Zhuang J, Mundy GR. The pathogenesis of the bone disease of multiple myeloma. Bone 2008;42: 1007-13.Terpos E, Ntanasis‑Stathopoulos I, Gavriatopoulou M and Dimopoulos MA: Pathogenesis of bone disease in multiple myeloma: From bench to ...
I taught university level courses in sociology and criminal justice for over 30 years but now I'm retired and at 72 was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, bone marrow cancer. This site is now a chronicle of my journey with myeloma.