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Following Lifestyle Recommendations Reduces Risk of Cancer Death
People who follow the diet and lifestyle recommendations laid out by the WCRF and the AICR have a 20 percent reduced risk of dying from cancer.
Pomalyst Approved for Advanced Multiple Myeloma
The FDA has approved Pomalyst for the treatment of multiple myeloma that has progressed after treatment with other drugs.
Cancer Deaths on the Decline
Overall cancer death rates are declining and cancer incidence has decreased in men and stabilized in women.
Multiple Myeloma Tips
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Multiple Myeloma Management
Inspiration, Hope & Resources
Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation Jon Albert, founder of the Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation shows the...
Moving Bodies, Changing Lives Moving On Aerobics helps women regain joy of movement and physical fitness after...
Where Kids Can Be Kids… And Cancer Takes a Back Seat Cancer camps for kids provide fun and camaraderie for children facing down a cancer...
Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trials
06-108 – Randomized Phase 3b Study of Three Treatment Regimens in Subjects with Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma (MM) Who Are Not Considered Candidates for High-Dose Chemotherapy (HDT) and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT): VELCADE (Bortezomib), Thalidomide, and Dexamethasone (VTD) versus VELCADE and Dexamethasone (VD) versus VELCADE, Melphalan, and Prednisone (VMP) (C05009)
C05009 – Randomized, Phase 3b Study of Three Treatment Regimens in Subjects with Previously Untreated Multiple Myelome Who Are Not Considered Candidates for High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: VELCADE? (Bortezomib) for Injection, Thalidomide, and Dexamethasone (VTD) versus VELCADE? (Bortezomib) and Dexamethasone (VD) versus VELCADE? (Bortezomib), Melphalan and Prednisone (VMP)
MM03 – PHASE II TRIAL OF ARSENIC TRIOXIDE AND THALIDOMIDE IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA
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