By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Dec 20, 2017

Helping Others Get the Help They Need

Editor’s Note: We conclude our series on Multiple Myeloma with a profile of a patient who was struggling to afford her treatments until she received a grant from our sponsor, the HealthWell Foundation.  The searing back pain was the first indication to Marilyn Gould that something wasn’t quite right. The…more.

Categories: General, Multiple Myeloma
By Edward A. Faber, DO, MS, Associate Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Oncology Hematology Care  |  Dec 13, 2017

Multiple Myeloma Treatment: Too Many Choices?

Real World Health Care continues our multiple myeloma series with an interview with Edward A. Faber Jr., DO, MS, associate director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program managed by Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. in conjunction with the Mercy Health and The Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. He also serves as…more.

Categories: General, Multiple Myeloma
By Gareth J. Morgan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD, Professor of Hematology & Director of the Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences  |  Nov 29, 2017

Multiple Myeloma: A Rare and Complex Cancer

We continue our series on multiple myeloma with an interview with Gareth J. Morgan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD, professor of hematology and director of the Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Morgan also serves as deputy director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute…more.

Categories: General, Multiple Myeloma
By Robert Frank Cornell, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center  |  Nov 15, 2017

Multiple Myeloma & Cardiac Risk

Real World Health Care continues our series on multiple myeloma with a discussion about the cardiac effects of cancer treatment with Dr. Robert Frank Cornell.  Dr. Cornell is the clinical director of the plasma cell disorder program and the director of the plasma cell/lymphoma clinical trial research program at Vanderbilt…more.

Categories: General, Multiple Myeloma
By Shaji Kumar, MD, Professor of Medicine, Hematology, Mayo Clinic  |  Nov 1, 2017

Multiple Myeloma: Promising New Therapies, But Challenges Remain

This week, our series on multiple myeloma continues as we talk about immunotherapies and other promising new treatments with Shaji Kumar, MD. Dr. Kumar is a professor of medicine in the division of hematology at Mayo Clinic, where he chairs the myeloma group across all three Mayo sites. Dr. Kumar…more.

Categories: General, Multiple Myeloma
By Emily Burke, Ph.D., Director of Instruction, BiotechPrimer.com  |  Oct 18, 2017

The Multiple Myeloma Landscape

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Biotech Primer Weekly. For more of the science behind the headlines, please subscribe. Multiple myeloma is a cancer formed by a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. These cells are the antibody-producing cells of our immune system and play a…more.

Categories: General, Multiple Myeloma
By Krista Zodet, President/CEO, HealthWell Foundation  |  Oct 4, 2017

New Real World Health Care Series: Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatment

Susan, from Columbia, S.C., is among the millions of Americans struggling to manage a chronic and life-altering disease without the financial means to afford needed medication. Here at HealthWell, we’re honored to be able to help Susan and other patients like her. It always warms our hearts to receive letters…more.

Categories: General, Multiple Myeloma
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