Question 1

is multiple myeloma contagious?

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No: It is not contagious.

Question 2

pl suggest any alternative remedy/ies for multiple myeloma  i am 48 yer old and  no m band seen at this moment after 6 months of chemo?

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Need mor einfo: Myeloma has many treatment variations. Most younger patients(such as you) are treated with chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplant(autologous type or asct)). You should discuss with your doctor the pros and cons of asct in your case. Otherwise you are doing well yet you should be on maintenance chemotherapy with a drug like lenalidomide(revlimid) at the present time.

Question 3

is multiple myeloma hereditary?

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Not generally...: Myeloma and other hematologic malignancies are not generally considered "hereditary"/familial, but some are. Risk in family members is around 2x risk of population.
An nci study is characterizing:

screening individuals and families at high risk for hematologic cancers

nct00052234

http://clinicaltrials.Gov/ct2/show/nct00052234?Term=nct00052234&rank=1.

Question 4

what is the symptoms for multiple myeloma?

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MM: Fatigue, bone pain, fractures of bones without injury, night sweats, pallor, malaise. Other than bone fractures, the other symptoms are not very specific.

Question 5

is it possible for multiple myeloma to be treated and cured?

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No: It does not appear that we have a reliable cure for multiple myeloma. We can control it for a long period of time, and we continue to better understand treatment options and make new discoveries. Hopefully the day will come when we can cure multiple myeloma as well as we cure some leukemias and lymphomas.

Question 6

is there a cure for multiple myeloma?

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Maybe: Conventionally we call myeloma an incurable cancer.
However we are seeing survival rates increasing.
Now pts out 10 years are not that uncommon (ash 2009 - curability of multiple myeloma - delasalle et al.)

"conclusions: assuming that prolonged cr for more than 10 years translates into potential cure, we calculated a "cure fraction" of 2% for patients treated between 1987 -1997.".

Question 7

is multiple myeloma is still not curable?

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1 day hopefully not: One day, i'd like to quit saying that multiple myeloma is incurable disease, we have so many medication- biological chemo, transplantation that we can offer to treat this disease. Newer medication is more potent and able to give a very good response and increase survival of patient. However, for now we can't yet cure this disease. Allogeneic transplant would be the only thing that can cure myeloma.

Question 8

how does multiple myeloma affect the kidney?

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Nephropathy: Myeloma produces proteins called light chains which can essentially "clog up" the kidney producing myeloma nephropathy.  Myeloma also produces humoral substances which can damage the kidney.

Question 9

can multiple myeloma be cured with papaya leaves?

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No: No, this is not a treatment for myeloma.

Question 10

what are the signs and symptoms of multiple myeloma?

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CRAB +: C - hypercalcemia
r - renal (kidney) disease, elevated crt
a - anemia (not explained by other causes)
b - bone disease - eg osteoporosis, fractures, or lytic (moth eat) lesions

+ neuropathy, frequent infections, etc...

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