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  • n  a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow

  • The average lifespan of a multiple-myeloma patient has been extended by three years, to seven.
  • David Mejia is a 39-year-old former systems engineer in Colorado who was found to have multiple myeloma.
  • If a patient were losing the proteins through urine, diabetes could be an explanation, but so could other conditions, including multiple myeloma, a cancer that causes symptoms .
News & Articles

  • 5K Raises $335,000 For Norwalk Cancer Research Group
    NEW CANAAN, Conn. — The Norwalk-based Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation received help from Stamford’s Bobby Valentine in raising $335,000 at its Race for Research: Tri-State 5K Walk/Run 5K at New Canaan High School. “It was an honor to meet the patients and ...
    June 11, 2013 - The Daily Norwalk
  • Fighting for myeloma patients
    Wearing their myeloma wristbands, Shelly Garrett (left) and Jim Omel hold a photograph of Garrett's father, Glen Potter, who died from the disease.
    June 9, 2013 - Grand Island Independent
  • Local group fighting for myeloma patients
    Wearing their myeloma wristbands, Shelly Garrett (left) and Jim Omel hold a photograph of Garrett's father, Glen Potter, who died from the disease.
    June 9, 2013 - Grand Island Independent
Quotes

  • Lisa Ray in Oneindia
    Delighted euphoric, but exhausted after the event Lisa said, "Yes, we rolled up in rickshaws and the crowd was hugely supportive. I wore my 'Myeloma' bracelet, which matched my gown. My gown was designed by NADA, a Toronto designer, and...
  • Andrew Baron in Dallas Morning News
    In a letter on his personal blog, Andrew Baron said his father was diagnosed with "final stage multiple myeloma," an incurable blood cancer, and was told last week that he had only days to live.
  • Kenny Perry in Louisville Courier-Journal
    My sister has been fighting breast cancer for a year and a half now, two years, and my mom is fighting multiple myeloma cancer, and it's really beating her down pretty fast,Perry said Monday when asked about Mickelson. "Hopefully what I've...

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