Multiple myeloma treatment involved carfilzomib, bendamustine, dexamethasone, and zoledronic acid, alongside MRI scans and radiation therapy. Severe spinal fractures led to significant height loss and ...

Bonnie was exhausted. It was late 2001, and she’d been working a high-pressure job – barely getting any sleep. “I’d wake up tired, I’d go to bed tired,” she says. She didn’t think much of it, but she ...

The blood cancer multiple myeloma, which involves infection-fighting plasma cells in the bone marrow, affects only about 1% of all cancers -- predominantly individuals over age 65. The disease ...

The initial diagnostic workup should include a history and physical examination, as well as some baseline laboratory studies (Figure 2-1). The initial diagnostic workup should include a history and ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. For more episodes, download the Medscape app or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast provider. Dr Kumar is a ...

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network provides a list of preferred primary therapy regimens for transplant-eligible and nontransplant candidates and lists drugs recommended for maintenance therapy ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. For more episodes, download the Medscape app or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast provider. I could not think ...