"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

Introduction: Only in recent years has balloon kyphoplasty gained significance in the treatment of vertebral fractures as an adequate minimally invasive vertebral stabilization technique. Kyphoplasty ...

Multiple myeloma affects many systems in the body, including the bones, blood, kidneys, and immune system. The symptoms that may have sent you to the doctor in the first place, such as back or leg ...

Common manifestations and complications of multiple myeloma (MM) can include bone complications, hypercalcemia, renal insufficiency, infection, skeletal lesions and anemia. Other less common ...

Multiple myeloma diagnosis integrates blood tests, genetic assessments, and imaging to guide personalized treatment and patient engagement. Smoldering multiple myeloma involves active surveillance to ...

Most patients present with asymptomatic, early disease but are found to have abnormal blood and/or urine tests that lead to the diagnosis. In asymptomatic patients, laboratory findings, including ...

Emerging immunotherapy treatments for multiple myeloma target B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), a protein found on the surface of cancer cells. Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that develops when ...

Dr. Lisa Hicks and Dr. Joseph Mikhael discuss the updated guideline from ASCO and Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) on the treatment of multiple myeloma. They cover recommendations for therapeutic ...

Multiple myeloma bone disease (MBD) lacks effective biomarkers; recent evidence involves exosomal circRNAs in the progression of cancer, but their roles in the field have not been deeply explored. The ...