What I wish I knew about Multiple Myeloma treatments 25 years later...
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“Oh no, I’m MRD-positive!,” What do MM patients do if they are Positive not Negative?
“In the (MM) patients who have been treated with or without transplant but achieve MRD-negative status and CR , when they looked at their survival curves, they were very comparable, not statistically
Continue readingMedicare Covers MRD Test for Multiple Myeloma
The first and only test authorized by the FDA to detect and monitor minimal residual disease (MRD) in multiple myeloma (MM)…has received coverage for Medicare patients. I am a multiple myeloma survivor
Continue readingFamilial Multiple Myeloma Survivor Increases Your Risk of MM
“The study published online today in Blood offers the first evidence that such familial risks exist across the spectrum of hematologic malignancies (MM).” Second only to “Why did I get
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma-Overthinking Autologous Stem Cell Transplant?
They found the incidence of oligoclonal patterns (causing confusion) was significantly higher in multiple myeloma patients who had an autologous stem cell transplant than the patients who had chemotherapy
Continue readingCancer Genetic Testing Sounds Great… But Are Patients Living Longer?
Cancer Genetic Testing can identify the DNA that drives a tumor not the organ or body part, but evidence that they help patients is missing… I often answer cancer coaching questions by telling clients
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Diagnostics- FISH, SPEP, CBC, FLC’s and Imaging
If you have multiple myeloma your plasma cells produce unhealthy antibodies called monoclonal proteins (M proteins). The accumulation of M proteins in your body can damage organs like your kidneys and
Continue readingEpigenetics – Multiple Myeloma and Your Genes
Multiple myeloma (MM) genetic expression changes with chemotherapy. Can lifestyle therapies change MM genetics as well? As far as I know, there is no genetic pre-disposition to my cancer, multiple myeloma.
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma-Diagnostic Testing- DIY Blood Work-
Blood Diagnostic Testing for the Layman- LabCorp blood work October 2014 From the time I was first diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) in January of 1994, I have learned one thing above all others. Accurate
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma-Diagnostic Testing for Cholesterol
LabCorp. for DIY Diagnostic Testing- Reliable, Inexpensive and as Thorough as you Want It To Be- I am on my own when it comes to managing my health. Evidence-based nutrition, supplementation, exercise,
Continue readingBrain Cancer Surgery- Diagnostic Testing Can Insure Success
Scientists at Stanford University’s School of Medicine have created nanoparticles that are able to precisely highlight brain cancer Reducing tumor burden through surgical removal of a tumor is often
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