Multiple myeloma is a disorder in which plasma cells are produced in an uncontrolled and invasive (malignant) fashion. Plasma cells develop from lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. They are found primarily in the bone marrow and lymph nodes....

Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells which are immune system cells in bone marrow that produce antibodies. Its prognosis, despite therapy, is...

Raj Shravat looks in detail at this blood disorder and explains why a radiographic skeletal survey is a vital part of the diagnosis. Introduction Multiple myeloma is the second most prevalent blood cancer after Hodgkin's lymphoma1. It is also known as plasmocytoma...

The films presented below are of an 83-year-old female with complaints of chronic back pain over the past 20 years. She states that she can tolerate a certain degree of back pain, but it has recently increased beyond what she was able to tolerate....

The head of the largest program tracking the health of World Trade Center site workers said several have developed rare blood cell cancers, raising fears that cancer will become a "third wave" of illnesses among those exposed to toxic dust after Sept. 11.Dr. Robin Herbert,...

Keyboardist and songwriter Richard Bell, who played with Janis Joplin, has died of cancer in a Toronto hospital. He was 61.Bell died June 15 after a long battle with multiple myeloma, said his longtime friend and fellow musician, Colin Linden.His work included stints with some...