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Wake-up call for cancer agency boss Diana Sarfati
OPINION: Statements about priorities for the new cancer agency made by agency head Professor Diana Sarfati are cause for serious concern. Last...
Newsletter: October 2019
Greetings A lot has happened since my last newsletter, but hopefully you’ve been keeping up with some of this through our website. The big event of...
Major biological processes involved in the development of myeloma uncovered
Myeloma UK funded research from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has identified the main biological processes which cause the genetic...
Real-World Insight on Patients With Multiple Myeloma: Results Drawn From a Large Health Plan
A retrospective cohort study identified real-world epidemiology, treatment patterns, and survival outcomes in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) in...
New Therapies for Blood Cancers Hold Promise
Blood cancer is actually a term applied to three different types of cancer – leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. For centuries, these cancers had...
Reducing the Risk of Blood Clots in Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Patients with multiple myeloma are at risk of developing thrombosis (blood clots) that are associated with some newer treatments, according to two...
Myeloma Seminar for Patients, Families and Friends
Emerging Treatments for Patients with Myeloma Prove Promising Despite Obstacles
Myeloma is a complicated cancer type that can be tough to find a treatment option for which patients will respond to. However, in the past several...
Government unveils national cancer agency and $60 million injection into Pharmac
The Government has today unveiled plans to establish a national cancer agency, which will be led directly by experts of the deadly disease, and a...
Blood cancer more likely to affect relatives of people who have it, study shows
Close relatives of people with blood cancer are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease themselves, a major study has found. An international...
Suboptimal Implementation of Supportive Care in Older Patients With Multiple Myeloma
According to findings from a study published in Cancer on the utilization of specific supportive care measures in older patients with multiple...