Cure Research for Multiple Myeloma

Research list: The list of research areas and treatments under analysis mentioned in various sources for Multiple Myeloma includes:

• Biological therapy
• High-dose chemotherapy - and various treatments to allow high doses to be used:
  • Bone marrow transplantation
  • Peripheral stem cell support
  • Colony-stimulating factors

Research discussion: Many clinical trials of new treatments for multiple myeloma are under way. In some studies, doctors are testing new drugs and new drug combinations. In others, they are using chemotherapy along with biological therapy, treatment with substances that boost the immune system's response to cancer.

Researchers also are testing new approaches to cancer treatment that allow the use of very high doses of anticancer drugs, sometimes along with radiation. Doctors believe that higher doses of anticancer drugs and radiation might be more effective than the usual doses in destroying myeloma cells. However, higher doses also cause greater damage to healthy bone marrow. New approaches to treatment may help the healthy marrow recover or may allow doctors to replace marrow that is destroyed. These approaches (bone marrow transplantation, peripheral stem cell support, and treatment with colony-stimulating factors) are described in the Dictionary.¹

Medical research for Multiple Myeloma: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to medical research for Multiple Myeloma:

• Anti-diabetes drugs may be effective against myelomas
• New drug proving effective in reducing cancer cells following chemotherapy

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