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Types of Cancer  >  Multiple Myeloma IN THE SPOTLIGHT More...  Sponsors Overview Questions You May Wish to Ask Your Doctor  - It is extremely important for you to have a good and open relationship with your doctor. It is your doctor and your cancer care team who will stand by your side while you fight Multiple Myeloma. Y ...   More...  Diagnosis, Screening, and Staging Symptoms and Signs of Multiple Myeloma  - Early diagnosis is not always possible in the case of multiple myeloma. In many cases there are no symptoms until the disease has progressed to the advanced stage. However in a few patients, there are ...   Understanding Multiple Myeloma Stages  -  Cancer is categorized by stages which help determine how far the disease has advanced. This categorization helps in deciding the treatment options as well as in the prognosis. Prognosis indicates th ...   How is Multiple Myeloma Diagnosed?  -  If there is even a faint suspicion that a person may have Multiple Myeloma, then, the first step is to do: blood and urine tests, x-rays of the bone, and a bone marrow biopsy. · Blood and Urine ...   More...  Management of Multiple Myeloma Treatment Options by Stages  - Stage1: When the patient is diagnosed as Stage 1 and does not display any symptoms, then normally the doctor will not recommend any immediate treatment. Only careful follow-up and testing will be r ...   Treatment of Multiple Myeloma: Chemotherapy  - Once a diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma has been made, the cancer care professionals will help you to understand the disease and choose the most appropriate treatment plan. It is best to weigh all your o ...   Radiation Therapy for Multiple Myeloma  - In the use of radiation for the treatment of Multiple Myeloma, high energy X-rays are focused on the cancerous cells. The radiation penetrates the tissues of the body and destroys cancerous cells. Rad ...   Stem Cell Transplantation  -  In Multiple Myeloma patients, the stem cells or blood forming cells are removed from the bone marrow and frozen for later use. Sometimes, instead of a patient’s stem cells, a donor’s blood or bone ma ...   More...  Prognosis after Therapy Survival Rates of Multiple Myeloma  - Patients who live for at least five years after the cancer is diagnosed are classified under “5-year survival rate.” This is used as a bench mark to discuss prognosis. Many patients, of course live m ...   Other Prognostic Elements  -  There are other tests relied on by doctors to determine treatment options. One is to rely on the amount of beta-2-microglobulin in the blood. This protein produced by Myeloma cells is one of the best ...   More...  Recommended Resources More...

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