multiple myeloma

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Definition of multiple myeloma

: a disease of bone marrow that is characterized by the presence of numerous myelomas in various bones of the body

Recent Examples of multiple myeloma from the Web

The singer and judge lost her father in March 2017 after a five-year battle with multiple myeloma.

— amanda garrity, Good Housekeeping, "Mel B Breaks Down in Tears After We Three's Performance on 'America's Got Talent'," 30 May 2018
Now, multiple myeloma is poised for another inflection point.

— karen weintraub, STAT, "Once quickly lethal and still humbling, multiple myeloma may be in a ‘golden age’ of treatment," 29 May 2018
Her internist had recently treated a patient with multiple myeloma and suspected Ms. Giusti might have it, too.

— alexandra wolfe, WSJ, "An Urgent Mission to Speed Progress Against Cancer," 25 May 2018
Dorothy Foley of Marlborough, beloved Wife, Mother and Daughter of the late John and Lydia Bagot passed away peacefully on May 11th 2018 after a long courageous battle with multiple myeloma.

— courant.com, "Dorothy Foley," 14 May 2018
My friend passed away from multiple myeloma last September.

— diane bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Finding creative solutions runs in Councilwoman Lorie Zapf's family," 11 May 2018
Drug maker Celgene, which raised prices for its multiple myeloma drugs three times last year, refused to provide any information to KHN.

— USA TODAY, "Drug copay groups: Critical patient charities or fronts for drug makers?," 26 Apr. 2018
Medicare patients with the deadly cancer multiple myeloma can spend $14,000 a year out-of-pocket for the drug Revlimid, which costs about $20,000 a month, Dusetzina said.

— Washington Post, "Trump Vows (Again) To Lower Drug Prices But Skeptics Doubt Much Will Change," 11 May 2018
Pam Holt of Granger, Indiana, had to refinance her home last year to afford $640 a month in copays for a drug to treat her multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.

— elizabeth cohen, CNN, "Patients who can't afford medications pin hopes on Trump," 10 May 2018

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