What’s new in multiple myeloma research?
Cancer research should give you hope. Doctors and researchers around the world are learning more about what causes multiple myeloma, and are looking for and studying ways to prevent it. They are also finding better ways to detect and treat this cancer. Studies are being done to improve survival in people with multiple myeloma who are treated with high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants. Researchers have found that cells in the bone marrow known as stromal cells promote the growth of multiple myeloma. Drugs such as thalidomide can prevent this as well as kill myeloma cells. This treatment can help fight the cancer even when chemotherapy isn’t working.
