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2. Multiple myeloma - Wikipedia

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   Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibodies. [6] Often, no symptoms are noticed initially. [ 10 ]

3. Myelodysplastic syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Whereas high risk MDS is associated with a life expectancy of less than 3 years. [36] Stem-cell transplantation offers possible cure, with survival rates of 50% at 3 years, although older patients do poorly. [55]

4. Bruce Springsteen's wife Patti Scialfa reveals blood cancer ...

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   Blood cancer multiple myeloma, once a death sentence, is now highly treatable. Here's why. ... "Bringing life expectancy for an elderly patient to a normal life expectancy, as if he didn't have ...

5. Plasma cell leukemia - Wikipedia

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   Secondary PCL (sPCL) is diagnosed in 1-4% of patients known to have had multiple myeloma for a median time of ~21 months. It is the terminal phase of these patients' myeloma disease. sPCL patients typically are highly symptomatic due to extensive disease with malignant plasma cell infiltrations in, and failures of, not only the bone marrow but also other organs.

6. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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   In males, researchers suggest that the overall reduction in cancer death rates is due in large part to a reduction in tobacco use over the last half century, estimating that the reduction in lung cancer caused by tobacco smoking accounts for about 40% of the overall reduction in cancer death rates in men and is responsible for preventing at least 146,000 lung cancer deaths in men during the ...

7. Life expectancy isn't rising as much, the health consequences ...

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   Life expectancy may be plateauing. Don’t expect your grandkids to live to 200 years old. A study published on Monday suggests we may be reaching our limit in terms of life expectancy and that ...