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Radioprotective Effect of Metformin Melatonin Resveratrol

What is the radioprotective effect of metformin melatonin resveratrol? And why do you need them? According to the three studies linked below, all three non-conventional therapies can protect cancer patients

Teclistamab w/ at least 1 prior anti-BCMA

last month
/ Multiple Myeloma
/ By David Emerson

The study below reports two important things for MM survivors. First, teclistamab is an anti-BCMA therapy that is a viable therapy for MM survivors. Remember that teclistamab is newly approved therapy

Anti-BCMA Therapies for Myeloma

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/ Multiple Myeloma
/ By David Emerson

Anti-BCMA therapies for myeloma is the next treatment step in the ongoing battle to manage our incurable blood cancer. To refresh readers’ memories: corticosteroid (dexamethasone) proteasome inhibitors

Astragalus Prevents Chemo-induced Immune Injury

The title “astragalus prevents chemo-induced immune injury” may be a broad statement but it is what came in to my mind as I read the study linked below. I am a cancer survivor who has been

BCMA in Myeloma

BCMA in myeloma, that is to say B-cell maturation antigen is an antigen that is highly-expressed on the surface of MM cells. “An antigen is any substance that causes the body to make an immune response

Myeloma MRD for 1 Year

last month
/ Multiple Myeloma
/ By David Emerson

Myeloma patients who achieve MRD for 1 year, according to the study linked below, are associated with long-term overall survival. In my mind, the question then, is does the therapy matter that gets the

Minimizing Side Affects in Myeloma

last month
/ Multiple Myeloma
/ By David Emerson

While killing monoclonal proteins (myeloma) is the goal, minimizing side effects in myeloma treatment is a close second. For those MM patients who side effects are serious enough, conventional treatment

Myeloma – Eight Slices of the Magic Bullet

The ultimate myeloma therapy is quantitative- “Plus, Dr Elwood said, “the effect of a lifestyle is quantitative. That is, the more the better. The more exercise the better. The lower the body mass

Myeloma Treatment, Immuno, Antibiotics

“…currently running more than a dozen different trials of experimental multiple myeloma treatments, from new blood stem cell transplant regimens to targeted drugs. Immunotherapy as a multiple

The best Stem Cells for Myeloma Stem Cell Transplant

last month
/ Multiple Myeloma
/ By David Emerson

An autologous stem cell transplant is standard-of-care for all newly diagnosed myeloma patients. The problem with autologous stem cell transplants is that they use the patient’s own stem cells which

Myeloma Diet in Three Easy Steps

The truth is, a multiple myeloma diet is straightforward. Conventional oncology is often not prepared to counsel multiple myeloma (MM) survivors about long-term MM survivor issues. Nutrition is just not

Ivermectin and Myeloma

Ivermectin and myeloma. Myeloma and ivermectin. Could there be something to this anti-parasitic drug that is a sensation on the internet!? First and foremost, I have to stress that Ivermectin has not