Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are white blood cells produced in bone marrow that churn out antibodies to help fight infection. When plasma cells become cancerous, they ...

A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A NASA technology originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions has successfully reduced the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and ...

A highly sensitive test that detects traces of disease in the bone marrow of patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could help double their chances of survival, a first-of-its-kind ...

RRMM is multiple myeloma that comes back after you’ve been cancer-free or stops reacting to treatment. Cancer cells form in the bone marrow, the spongy inner part of your bones. The cancer cells keep ...

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions. The new method, known ...

Patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could soon have their chances of survival doubled as a groundbreaking trial to detect the disease earlier concludes. Scientists working on the ...