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There is always hope! Tom and Art have you seen this? http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/312235.php

Tom I am here with Art and we are reviewing your posts which I am very grateful for. You have done some detailed research that MM patients can benefit from greatly! LMK if you would like any assistance with getting your research up here, as well as with your next phase of research.

[continued from previous update] I do not object to this treatment (well, given my condition and all!), but for personal reasons at least, I am interested in alternatives. There is ongoing debate about \”frontline therapy\” as one might expect: see this 2014/15 research article, \”Frontline therapy of multiple myeloma\” at http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/125/20/3076. The article is split into sections on \”younger\” and \”older\” patients (eligible for early ASCT, autologous stem cell transplant, therapy or not). The fact that I at 63 yrs of age am considered \”younger\” here does not bear upon my recommendation of the article! But it does mean I only read the first half. 🙂

Doing a bit more research today, after a first visit to a cancer center as a prospective patient. The center and the doctor I spoke I with were both impressive, technically and humanly. And according to much of what I\’ve read, I was projected to take the standard therapeutic regime of (a) 1-3 counter-MM induction drugs, (b) harvesting of stem cells, (c) heavy dose chemo to kill marrow cells, including MM cells, and (d) stem cell transplant to reintroduce my stem cells in order to graft into and repopulate the bone marrow cavities without or with drastically reduced MM. (See the link I posted a couple days ago for more specifics on drugs & chemo: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2006866-overview.)

One way to locate active researchers and experts in MM: the membership list of the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG)– http://www.myelomabeacon.com/forum/international-myeloma-working-group-imwg-members-t3514.html