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  • What is Multiple Myeloma?
    Health - 5 Jul 2023
    Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer that affects the bone marrow. The cancer is also called Kahler’s disease, named after an Austrian pathologist called Otto Kahler who first described the condition.
  • Multiple Myeloma Symptoms
    Health - 4 Jul 2023
    The symptoms of multiple myeloma are not usually evident in the early stages of disease, which is often only detected or diagnosed as a result of routine blood and urine tests. As the condition...
  • Multiple Myeloma Pathophysiology
    Health - 4 Jul 2023
    Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer that affects bone marrow, the spongy soft tissue that lies within the hollow centre of some bones.
  • Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis
    Health - 4 Jul 2023
    In the early stages of multiple myeloma, patients have few or no symptoms of the condition, which may only be suspected or diagnosed by chance as a result of routine blood or urine testing. Diagnosis...
  • Multiple Myeloma Epidemiology
    Health - 4 Jul 2023
    Multiple myeloma affects thousands of people worldwide and is the second most common cancer of the blood only to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Multiple myeloma accounts for around 1% of all cancers...
  • Multiple Myeloma Treatment
    Health - 4 Jul 2023
    The majority of multiple myeloma cases cannot be cured and treatment is aimed at bringing the cancer under control and treating symptoms such as bone pain and anemia.
  • Multiple Myeloma Imaging Strategies
    Health - 8 May 2019
    Multiple myeloma is a disease characterized by the proliferation of plasma cells which can lead to the abnormally high production of monoclonal immunoglobulins, detected in serum and urine.
  • What are IMiDs?
    Health - 31 Dec 2022
    Immunomodulatory drugs or IMiDs are structural and functional analogs of thalidomide and potent modulators of the immune system. The two leading examples of IMiDs are pomalidomide and lenalidomide.
  • What is Hematology?
    Health - 11 Oct 2023
    Hematology is a branch of medicine concerning the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. The word "heme" comes from the Greek for blood.
  • Amyloidosis Causes
    Health - 31 Dec 2022
    Amyloidosis is caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in tissues and organs of the body. There are three main types of amyloidosis, each of which have different underlying pathologies.

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