It depends on what you compare Multiple Myeloma to.
As a cancer, MM might be worse than breast cancer for example, which can sometimes be successfully treated with surgery – you can cut the breast tumour out, but you can’t cut out a tumour in MM.
However, compared to other diseases, there are some that are worse than MM, such as AIDS.
The general symptoms of myeloma include:
– bone pain
– bleeding problems
– kidney problems
– infections
If we are comparing patients who have multiple myeloma, like any other disease, myeloma might be worse in some patients than in others. Some patients might be less responsive to standard chemotherapy treatment (their cells are more resistant to drugs), other patients might have cells that grow very very quickly, causing them to get a lot worse a lot quicker than normal. No one knows exactly why things are so different in patients (which is one of the reasons why it is so hard to treat). Scientists think it has a lot to do with the genetic mutations that cause this disease, and is one of the areas which I am researching.
Thanks for your question quincja.
It depends on what you compare Multiple Myeloma to.
As a cancer, MM might be worse than breast cancer for example, which can sometimes be successfully treated with surgery – you can cut the breast tumour out, but you can’t cut out a tumour in MM.
However, compared to other diseases, there are some that are worse than MM, such as AIDS.
The general symptoms of myeloma include:
– bone pain
– bleeding problems
– kidney problems
– infections
If we are comparing patients who have multiple myeloma, like any other disease, myeloma might be worse in some patients than in others. Some patients might be less responsive to standard chemotherapy treatment (their cells are more resistant to drugs), other patients might have cells that grow very very quickly, causing them to get a lot worse a lot quicker than normal. No one knows exactly why things are so different in patients (which is one of the reasons why it is so hard to treat). Scientists think it has a lot to do with the genetic mutations that cause this disease, and is one of the areas which I am researching.
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