This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet (NIH Publication No. 04-1575) has important information about multiple myeloma*, cancer that starts in certain white blood cells (plasma cells). You will read about possible causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care. You also will find ideas about how to cope with the disease.

Each year, about 15,000 Americans learn they have multiple myeloma. Scientists are studying this disease to find out more about how it develops. And they are looking at better ways to treat it.

The NCI provides information about cancer, including the publications mentioned in this booklet. You can order these materials by telephone or on the Internet. You can also read them on the Internet and print your own copy.

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