It is time to start systematically screening for, and treating, early-stage multiple myeloma in the groups of people at the highest risk, so that we can provide them with the best chance of long ...

El Khoury and colleagues reported initial results of PROMISE, the first nationwide U.S. screening study for individuals at high risk for multiple myeloma to better identify the population at risk.

The screening programme should also be good value for money for the NHS. What to do if you think you're at risk of myeloma Talk to your GP if you think you are at higher than average risk of myeloma.

And it's very important to be aware of this diagnosis and screen. And I think it's even trickier, asymptomatic myeloma, eventually, will be diagnosed. Patients will eventually manifest the typical ...

Simply knowing who to screen, and when, could reduce myeloma-related mortality rates, according to recent research. Simply knowing who to screen, and when, could reduce myeloma-related mortality rates ...

"There might be some populations with high risk who should be considered for screening," says Dr. Rajkumar. "That includes people with two or more relatives with a history of multiple myeloma or ...

On the positive side, those whose MGUS or SMM was caught early were managed differently than those who did not screen positive, but who later developed multiple myeloma and presented with acute ...

Multiple myeloma (MM) symptoms are generally nonspecific, according to a study published online June 25 in Cancers. Stella Bowcock, M.D., from the King's College Hospital NHS Trust in the United ...

What causes multiple myeloma? No one knows exactly, but certain things can raise your chances of getting this blood cancer. DNA tells our cells what to do. Researchers believe that changes in ...

The targeted therapy can stop myeloma from progressing by nearly three times as long as existing treatments, studies suggest.