Multiple Myeloma an incurable disease, but I have spent the last 25 years in remission using a blend of conventional oncology and evidence-based nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle therapies from peer-reviewed studies that your oncologist probably hasn't told you about.
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Extramedullary myeloma treatment is different enough from conventional treatments for multiple myeloma that it requires special mention.
I know this because I originally presented with what may have been an extramedullary plasmacytoma in my neck in early 1994. The plasmacytomna was surgically removed and I then had a course of local radiation.
Unfortunately, the radiation caused two different long-term side effects. Side effects that could easily have been minimized or prevented entirely with a basic understanding of evidence-based non- conventional thinking.
Anytime a person undergoes radiation around their head and neck, radiation fibrosis can occur. In my case radiation fibrosis caused:
Research has shown that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can heal scarring caused by radiation. In my case, I did not know about either radiation-induced side effect until several years had passed.
Several years of weekly acupuncture sessions have largely healed the xerostomia and years of physical therapy for my swallowing muscles have allowed a somewhat normal daily function of my throat.
I am not saying that local radiation should not be included in your extramedullary myeloma treatment. I am saying that you will experience a higher quality of life if you can minimize the adverse events caused by radiation fibrosis.
Email me at David.PeopleBeatingCancer@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about any aspect of your multiple myeloma.
Hang in there,
“TOPLINE:
In patients with extramedullary plasmacytoma of the head and neck, radiotherapy and surgery provide comparable survival outcomes, but radiotherapy significantly reduced the risk for progression to multiple myeloma, a new meta-analysis found.
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“Our meta-analysis confirms that radiotherapy may represent an optimal treatment strategy associated with a lower progression rate of multiple myeloma,” the authors wrote.