myeloma
noun
my·e·lo·ma
ˌmī-ə-ˈlō-mə 
plural myelomas also myelomata
ˌmī-ə-ˈlō-mə-tə
: a primary tumor of the bone marrow
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It is meant to treat only people with refractory myeloma.
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
What treatments would someone like Scialfa undergo to treat their myeloma?
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
The cancer for the most part is not hereditary, but people whose sibling or parent had myeloma may have an elevated risk.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
In laboratories and clinics around the world, gene therapies are being successfully deployed to treat a range of diseases, including certain types of immune deficiency, retinal amaurosis, leukemia, myeloma, hemophilia, and Parkinson’s.
—Jamie F. Metzl, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2014
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
What treatments would someone like Scialfa undergo to treat their myeloma?
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
The cancer for the most part is not hereditary, but people whose sibling or parent had myeloma may have an elevated risk.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
In laboratories and clinics around the world, gene therapies are being successfully deployed to treat a range of diseases, including certain types of immune deficiency, retinal amaurosis, leukemia, myeloma, hemophilia, and Parkinson’s.
—Jamie F. Metzl, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2014
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myeloma
noun
my·e·lo·ma
ˌmī-ə-ˈlō-mə
plural myelomas also myelomata
-mət-ə
: a primary tumor of the bone marrow formed of any one of the bone marrow cells (as myelocytes or plasma cells) and usually involving several different bones at the same time see multiple myeloma
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