Kyprolis is a type of medicine called a proteasome inhibitor. The proteasome is like the cell's "trash disposal" system. Proteasome inhibitors such as Kyprolis bind to and block the activity of the ...

This Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month, Dr Brid Seoighe, medical director at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Ireland, ...

Staging is when a system is used to identify and describe how far a cancer has spread in your body. Knowing the stage of your multiple myeloma helps your physicians predict which treatments are most ...

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that forms in plasma cells, white blood cells that produce infection-fighting antibodies. Multiple myeloma is not hereditary, meaning it is not passed down ...

One year ago, Joan, my wife of 58 years, died of complications related to multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that can often go undiagnosed until it begins to seriously damage one’s health, as it ...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators have developed an online, easy-to-use tool that more accurately predicts when a ...

While it’s not as well-known as, say, leukemia or melanoma, multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in adults, according to the Cancer Research Institute. “Multiple myeloma is a cancer ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Multiple myeloma is a form of blood cancer you may never have heard of–and that makes sense, because it’s ...

Io Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company headquartered in Spring, Texas; announced today publication online in Scientific Reports -- Nature, of collaborative studies with Duke ...

Bryon Daily did not fit the profile of someone at risk for a rare blood condition. After all, he said he was under 60, physically fit, and had no family history of the disease. But after a seemingly ...

How Does Blenrep Work for Multiple Myeloma? Blenrep is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), which is a type of targeted cancer medicine. ADCs contain two parts, a protein called an antibody and an ...