Biologic therapy is a treatment that uses the patient’s immune system to fight cancer. Biologic therapy uses substances made by the body or in a laboratory to boost, direct, or restore the body’s natural defenses against cancer. This type of multiple myeloma treatment is also called biotherapy,... 

Despite the yearly fanfare regarding new cancer drugs, the percentage of Americans dying from cancer in 2003 was about the same as it was in1970. But, still conventional doctors can’t prescribe alternatives cancer treatments. Six hundred lobbyists paid by pharmaceutical companies are doing their... 

Science News,  Nov 20, 1999  by N. Seppa Although recently developed drugs have made many cancers survivable, multiple myeloma has resisted scientists’ best efforts. The likelihood of a patient withstanding this blood-cell cancer for 5 years remains less than 1 in 3–as it has been for... 

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the bone marrow with devastating impact on seniors. It strikes people at a median age of 71 years and can lead to fatigue and anemia, painful lesions, calcium abnormalities, kidney problems and infection caused by immune deficiency, and “bad bones” that literally... 

Robert C. Kane, Peter F. Bross, Ann T. Farrell, Richard Pazdur Division of Oncology Drug Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, USA Robert C. Kane, M.D., F.A.C.P., U.S. FDA, HFD-150, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland...