[Thomas]

Researchers discover why myeloma relapse occurs

by Thomas on Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:25 am

Fellow forum members,

Do you know if the discovery below will have any direct influences on myeloma therapy? I thought relapse is one of the biggest challenges.

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Researchers discover why multiple myeloma recurs after initially effective treatment
Published on September 19, 2013)

Researchers have discovered why multiple myeloma, a difficult to cure cancer of the bone marrow, frequently recurs after an initially effective treatment that can keep the disease at bay for up to several years.

From:
https://myelomabeacon.org/pr/2013/09/18/root-cause-multiple-myeloma-relapse-2/

Thank you for your opinion and advise

Tom

[Beacon Staff]

Re: Researchers discover why myeloma relapse occurs

by Beacon Staff on Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:47 am

Hello Thomas,

Dr. Rajkumar listed this research as #6 in his top 10 multiple myeloma discoveries of 2013. You can find his list here:

https://myelomabeacon.org/news/2014/01/25/top-10-discoveries-multiple-myeloma-2013/

The news also was discussed in these earlier forum threads:

https://myelomabeacon.org/forum/cancer-researchers-uncover-root-cause-of-myeloma-relapse-t2742.html

https://myelomabeacon.org/forum/big-news-not-unexpected-myeloma-relapse-cause-discovered-t2276.html

[Thomas]

Reply: Researchers discover why myeloma relapse occurs

by Thomas on Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:54 am

Dear Beacon-Experts,

thank you for your kind answer and the links! This article has been something like "big news" in the web, spreading out from one newsportal to another. Although I have read it about 20 times in my google news alert for 2 months, detailled analysis/information about it seems to be rare. Is it really a step toward "cure"? What ist new about it? What is the diffrent from Dr. Matsui's research about "myeloma stem cells"? And what is it's impact on therapy and drug development?

Thank you so much für this great platform and your perfect support!!!

Thomas