Phone within the US: 1- Outside the US only: Fax: e-mail patientliaison mds-foundation. We hope that you will find this to be a very valuable resource in your journey. We have recently revised the format of our forum to be much more user friendly and pleasing on the eyes. Let us know if you have any problems, or if you have additional suggestions on how we might further improve our site. Multiple Myeloma. Tagged: Multiple Myeloma links? Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells.
Plasma cells are a type of white blood cell. Plasma cells make antibodies to help your body fight infection. You may have high amounts of plasma cells that do not work correctly. Your body may make so many plasma cells or antibodies that they damage your bones and other healthy tissue.
The abnormal cells proliferate leaving smaller numbers of the cells that work normally. As in the previous case of multiple myeloma, there is no curable treatment for MDS apart from undergoing a stem cell transplant, which is limited to younger patients under 60 and for those for whom there is a compatible donor. Unfortunately most patients with MDS are out of this group and have few treatments available. None of the existing treatments of the disease prevents the transformation to acute myeloid leukaemia and only slows the progression of the disease.
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New hope in multiple myeloma treatment and myelodysplastic syndromes. Print Tweet. The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute IJC has participated in a major international study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, aimed at improving the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma not eligible for bone marrow transplant due to advanced age, these being the majority.
Another global project, published in Cancer Cell, with active participation of the IJC, has identified a cellular mechanism that causes a particular type of myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of blood cancer.
Bone marrow is found in the middle of certain bones. It is made up of blood-forming cells, fat cells, and supporting tissues. A small fraction of the blood-forming cells are blood stem cells. Stem cells are needed to make new blood cells. Red blood cells pick up oxygen in the lungs and carry it to the rest of the body. These cells also bring carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
Having too few red blood cells is called anemia. It can make a person feel tired and weak and look pale. Severe anemia can cause shortness of breath. White blood cells also known as leukocytes are important in defending the body against infection. There are different types of white blood cells:. Platelets are thought of as a type of blood cell, but they are actually small pieces of a cell. They start as a large cell in the bone marrow called the megakaryocyte. Pieces of this cell break off and enter the bloodstream as platelets.
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