Tom Haverly

[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…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

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

A comprehensive MM website, maintained by a large MM patients/caregivers support organization: https://myeloma.org/Main.action

An orientation to forms of treatment at different stages of MM: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2006866-overview