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Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Staging

“We provide a summary of current criteria and definitions that are used in diagnosis, prognosis, risk stratification and response assessment in myeloma.”

The diagnosis of cancer can be devastating. A diagnosis of incurable cancer can be beyond devastating. If you have been told that you have multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable blood cancer, your challenge is to keep your wits about you so that you can determine the stage of your MM.

Illustration of multiple myeloma plasma cells Why? Your age, physical condition, stage, symptoms, genetic abnormalities, etc. can mean that your prognosis is anywhere from 3 years to 23 years.

Your stage of MM can be determined by tests such as a

Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP),
bone marrow biopsy (BMB), or
imaging studies such as x-rays, CT scans or MRI scans.

I’m telling all this not to confuse you but to explain the importance of staging to YOU, the newly diagnosed MMer.

I am both a long-term MM survivor and MM cancer coach. I need to understand your stage at diagnosis, symptoms, and goals in order to help you figure out your therapies, both conventional (FDA approved ) or non-conventional. Understanding your MM will help figure out how MM cancer coaching can help you manage your cancer. Here is what I can offer:

Listing of the most successful MM specialists and hospitals
Dozens of foods that starve MM (anti-MM) foods
More than 15 integrative therapies that synergize with five common MM chemotherapy regimens,
Over a dozen evidence-based mind-body therapies,
Detoxification therapies,
Both conventional and non-conventional bone health therapies
Review and links to more than 20 online MM support groups.

Please watch the video below to learn more about the evidence-based, integrative therapies to combat treatment side effects and enhance your chemotherapy.

Thanks and hang in there,

David Emerson

MM Survivor
MM Cancer Coach
Director PeopleBeatingCancer

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Diagnosing multiple myeloma from test results

A diagnosis of multiple myeloma requires either:

High blood calcium level
Poor kidney function
Low red blood cell counts (anemia)
Holes in bones from tumor growth found on imaging studies
An abnormal area in the bones or bone marrow on an MRI scan
Increase in one type of light chains in the blood so that one type is 100 times more common than the other

OR

2. 60% or more plasma cells in the bone marrow

Criteria for diagnosis, staging, risk stratification and response assessment of multiple myeloma

“Summary–

“We provide a summary of current criteria and definitions that are used in diagnosis, prognosis, risk stratification and response assessment in myeloma. We have highlighted the limitations of current criteria, and corrected any inadvertent errors that have been identified in the various published criteria over time. The paper also provides input in areas where there is controversy or lack of clarity.

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Josie says 7 years ago

My mom has been diagnosed with MM on Oct 17th 2016
Her oncologist was saying she is adapting well to the chemo and now all of a sudden it’s spread
She has a mass in her eye and some masses on her stomach and back
The oncolgist is now giving her REV AID
I am seeking for additional information what should I do next
I’m not sure if I’m asking the right questions or where I should seek additional help and or consultation
But how can this happen

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David Emerson says 7 years ago

Hi Josie-

I am sorry to read of your mom’s MM diagnosis. Extra medullary MM is relatively rare and conventional oncology doesn’t know much about how to manage it.

In order for me to understand your mom’s situation better I need to ask some questions.

1) If “REV” is short for the chemotherapy Revlimid then what is “AID” short for?

2) The excerpt below is from an article about “extra medullary disease.” Has your mom’s oncologist used this term to describe your mom’s lesions? What were your mom’s symptoms when she relapsed? Bone involvement?

“Myeloma patients who developed extramedullary disease demonstrated a different set of symptoms, both at the time of initial diagnosis and at relapse, than those who did not. At the time of initial myeloma diagnosis, patients who eventually developed extramedullary disease had higher rates of elevated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the blood (38 percent versus 18 percent), bone tumors (57 percent versus 27 percent), and bone fractures (35 percent versus 11 percent)…”

Extramedullary MM of the eye

I will address your questions below-

1) “I am seeking for additional information what should I do next”

I acknowledge that I am biased. But since conventional oncology can’t offer you and your mom much hope I encourage you to consider the evidence-based, non-toxic therapies listed in the MM Cancer Coaching program that PeopleBeatingCancer provides.

2) “I’m not sure if I’m asking the right questions or where I should seek additional help and or consultation”

Has your mom’s MM been genetically typed? Meaning does her MM have any genetic abnormalities? The more diagnostic info you and your oncologist have the more info you have about what chemotherapy regimens work and don’t work.

3) “But how can this happen”

MM is not one type of cancer but more than 8 genetic subtypes. I agree that it is difficult for you and your mom to deal with the complexity of MM. Is your mom’s oncologist a MM specialist or general oncologist?

Let me know if you would like to learn more about MM cancer coaching.

Hang in there,

David Emerson

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