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General Cancer Resources |
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Coping with Cancer
Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment.
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Support and Resources
Information about cancer support organizations, finances, insurance, home care, and hospice care.
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Educational Materials About Clinical Trials
Types of trials, how they work, risks and benefits of taking part.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies used in addition to, or instead of, conventional cancer treatments.
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Definition of multiple myeloma: A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies). Also called Kahler disease, myelomatosis, and plasma cell myeloma.
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New cases: 19,920
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Deaths: 10,690
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See the online booklet What You Need To Know About Multiple Myeloma to learn about multiple myeloma symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor.
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Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy
Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Neoplasms Treatment [patient] [health professional]
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Low-dose Steroid Drug Combo for Multiple Myeloma
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Bortezomib Delays Progression of Multiple Myeloma
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BMT and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
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Targeted Cancer Therapies: Q & A
Information and current news about clinical trials and trial-related data
Multiple Myeloma Trial Results
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How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial
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Search for Clinical Trials
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Resources available from the PubMed database
Cancer Topic Searches: Hematologic/Blood
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Cancer Literature in PubMed
Includes NCI-supported research, funding opportunities, and special reports
NCI Funded Research Portfolio
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Myeloma SPOREs
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Leukemia/Lymphoma/Myeloma PRG Report
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Strategic Plan for Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma PRG
Information related to cancer incidence, mortality, and survival
Snapshot of Myeloma
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Finding Cancer Statistics
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Understanding Cancer Statistics
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