How to Use multiple myeloma in a Sentence

multiple myeloma

noun
  • The cause of death was multiple myeloma, said a spokesman for the family.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 1 July 2021
  • Her son Reid Yalom said the cause was multiple myeloma.
    New York Times, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The cause of the death, at a hospital, was multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, his son, Alex, said.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The cause was multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, said a daughter, Cheryl Sanders.
    Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
  • But the patient death, which emerged in a multiple myeloma study, suggests off-the-shelf CAR-T could carry risks of its own.
    Damian Garde, STAT, 7 July 2020
  • Zdrazil died May 28 of multiple myeloma at his home in Elbow Lake.
    Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • The cause was multiple myeloma, said his wife, Susan Clark.
    Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The singer and judge lost her father in March 2017 after a five-year battle with multiple myeloma.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2018
  • Ancrum for some time had battled multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in the white blood cells.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
  • When Bart was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in his mid-70s, we were both stunned.
    Alice Radosh, The Cut, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Maria Cuomo Cole, a close friend, said the cause of his death, in a hospice, was complications of multiple myeloma.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In 2008, Smith was diagnosed with stage four multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, and was given just two years to live.
    Martin Vassolo, miamiherald, 11 Feb. 2018
  • That same year, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells.
    Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Imaoka said that whole body-MRIs can pick up multiple myeloma—cancer that has spread to the bone marrow (metastases).
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Five-year survival rates for multiple myeloma has now climbed to over 65% from 20%, when she was diagnosed.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But a year later, in 1993, intense pain in her ribs led to the diagnosis of multiple myeloma.
    Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The cause was multiple myeloma, said Keith Urbahn, a spokesman for the family.
    New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • The symptoms of multiple myeloma can vary from person to person—and some people have no symptoms at all.
    Noel Cody, Essence, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Five-year survival for multiple myeloma has now climbed to over 65% from 20%, when she was diagnosed.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • And the health department points out many of those deaths were of people who had other diseases—like multiple myeloma.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2021
  • For instance, about 20 percent of patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma are Black, two to three times the number of white patients.
    Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The cause was multiple myeloma, said his wife, Barbara Felker.
    Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The Las Vegas mom of four was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, in 2017, but has spent the years since fighting for her right to end her life on her terms.
    Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The 62-year-old Gary Pettis left the team Sept. 15 to undergo treatment for multiple myeloma, which is a cancer of plasma cells.
    Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Wesley’s death came after a long struggle with multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in white blood cells.
    Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Scalise said he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in white blood cells called plasma cells.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Patti Scialfa is opening up for the first time about her six-year journey with multiple myeloma.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Among them were treatments for multiple myeloma, breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Transplants using stem cells from blood or bone marrow have been used for years to treat things like leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma.
    Washington Post, 1 May 2018
  • The multiple myeloma treatment could even overtake J&J’s best-selling drug Stelara, which is used for autoimmune conditions.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 18 July 2024

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