Progress in treating multiple myeloma
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If there's one disease that most shows the effects of recent improvements in cancer treatment, it's multiple myeloma. Advances in biotechnology have enabled scientists to identify several genetic and chromosomal abnormalities underlying the disease, while fostering the development of more effective and less toxic drugs. Although there's still no cure for myeloma, various treatments are bringing about lengthy remissions, and people who were once given two to three years to live are successfully managing their condition for five to seven years, with some living a decade or longer.
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