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Exercise as Multiple Myeloma Evidence-based Therapy

“… strong evidence that exercise therapy is a well-tolerated and safe adjunct therapy that can mitigate several common treatment-related side effects among cancer (MM) patients…” This

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Myeloma Induction Chemotherapy- VGPR- What Next?

“It would be logical to think that a complete response (CR) or Very Good Partial Remission (VGPR) status translated into a longer overall survival…” Dear Cancer Coach- My Mom had been

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Multiple Myeloma Treatment Centers- “High-Volume Cancer Centers”

“…in which a community cancer center would work with a specialized high-volume cancer center (multiple myeloma treatment center) to develop an optimal drug treatment plan.” You’ve

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ASCT Now or Later? Makes No Difference in Multiple Myeloma

Do you care more about how long you live (OS) or how long your multiple myeloma is in remission (PFS)? While there is no guarantee of either longevity (OS) or a long remission (PFS), you are trying to

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Liver Cancer- Burzynski Research Institute (BRI), Antineoplaston Therapy (ANP)

“These results suggested that antineoplaston A10 may inhibit the growth of human hepatoma cells through the induction of apoptosis” Conventional oncology may have little to offer the liver

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Is Multiple Myeloma Curable?

You’ve been diagnosed with a blood cancer called Multiple Myeloma. Aren’t We All Wondering if Multiple Myeloma is Curable? The first thing we need to do is agree on a definition of the word

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End-Stage Multiple Myeloma- Choices?

End Stage Multiple Myeloma only means that you have exhausted your conventional therapy options…consider non-conventional therapies My story is pretty typical of multiple myeloma patients. I was

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End Stage Myeloma- Palliative Care-

Although palliative care is not a “curative” treatment for the disease, it can be delivered alongside forms of treatment with curative intent in order to improve QOL.. I’m here today

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Multiple Myeloma, CAR-T Cell Therapy and Heart Failure-

The outcome of interest (for CAR-T Cell patients) included cardiovascular (CV-heart failure) events defined as a combination of arrhythmia, heart failure exacerbation, cardiogenic shock, and CV death. CAR-T

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Stem Cell Transplant-Myeloma- Freeze Sperm

Sperm cryopreservation via semen collection by masturbation remains a standard of care for fertility preservation among men with cancer (MM) or other diseases requiring gonadotoxic treatment. Most everything

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Multiple Myeloma Survival – Internet

I have survived an “incurable” cancer called multiple myeloma since early 1994. I research all things MM to provide cancer coaching to patients and caregivers through PeopleBeatingCancer- We’ve

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Surviving Myeloma- Scalp cooling, Alopecia

"Scalp cooling is a 'viable and effective method' for preventing hair loss during cancer treatments and does not appear to pose a risk for scalp metastases, concluded a US overview of 83

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