Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer that starts in your plasma cells. Your plasma cells are a type of white blood cell inside your bone marrow, the soft inner part of your bones. If you ...

Staging is when a system is used to identify and describe how far a cancer has spread in your body. Knowing the stage of your multiple myeloma helps your physicians predict which treatments are most ...

Multiple myeloma diagnosis integrates blood tests, genetic assessments, and imaging to guide personalized treatment and patient engagement. Smoldering multiple myeloma involves active surveillance to ...

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Stage 1 multiple myeloma features low beta-2 microglobulin, high albumin, and no organ damage, often detected incidentally. Diagnosis involves blood, urine, imaging tests, and bone marrow biopsy to ...

At age 89, Cal Crow plays water volleyball three days a week, then chases that with a 1,000-foot swim; on his off days, he logs at least a mile around his neighborhood — and that’s with a cancer ...

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SAN DIEGO -- The risk of progression from smoldering multiple myeloma to symptomatic disease decreased by 50% in patients treated with the anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody daratumumab (Darzalex), ...

A recently approved antibody drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals eradicates residual traces of multiple myeloma after initial ...