Stage 1 is the earliest stage of multiple myeloma. People with stage 1 have lower levels of beta-2-microglobulin (below 3.5 milligrams per liter) and higher albumin levels (3.5 grams per deciliter ...

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

And stage IV means it's spread throughout the whole body. Multiple myeloma staging is completely different, because from the beginning, those plasma cells are basically in all the bones for most ...

Researchers discover that bone marrow cancer cells diversify drastically when exiting the bone marrow, which also affects the ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb is on course to move its BCMA-targeting CAR-T therapy further up the treatment pathway in multiple myeloma ... available to earlier-stage myeloma patients.

A diagnosis of acquired von Willebrand disease and stage 2 multiple myeloma followed unusual symptoms, leading to extensive testing. Treatment included a four-drug chemotherapy regimen and an ...

With a stem cell transplant, the stem cells are taken from either the bone marrow or the bloodstream. There are 2 main types of stem cell transplants. Autologous transplants are the most common type ...

Treating late stage myeloma has multiple challenges. First of all, patients are usually more refractory to the most commonly used agents. And we know from old cohorts that if we see patients ...

The ability to eliminate specific pathologic cells is creating more options for multiple myeloma patients ... that mature through successive stages. Earlier stage lymphocytes contain much smaller ...

In this video, Sham Mailankody, MBBS discusses the current state of the pipeline for developing multiple myeloma treatments.