When taking a pill, receiving an injection, or being infused through a catheter, every multiple myeloma patient or their caregiver has been told to check two simple things: that the name on the medication is correct and that they know what the medication is supposed to do.

Rarely does a patient ask the question, “How much medication are you giving me, and why so much?” If they did, they might be shocked by the answer from the clinician or the oncologist, “That’s how much we give everybody that weighs as much as …