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- From: news&aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System) (Mary Stewart)
- Subject: Re: Myeloma Information?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.211932.28140@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co.
- References: <1992Dec18.032154.8732@netcom.com>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:19:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.032154.8732@netcom.com>, hamish@netcom.com (Just Another Deckchair on the Titanic) writes:
- >
- > [My apologies to those of you who see this twice - the original
- > doesn't appear to have left the other site I post from]
- >
- > A relative has been diagnosed as having "Myeloma". My medical
- > references do not say very much (in one case, nothing at all) about
- > this disease; other sources suggest it's some form of bone cancer with
- > immune system implications (vague, that...).
- >
- > So can anyone help - what's the prognosis? What *is* myeloma?
- >
- multiple myeloma is a cancer of the blood cells in the bone marrow -
- a "cousin" to leukemia usually found in men over 60 yrs of age, relatively
- uncommon. 10 yrs ago treatment consisted of several kinds of
- chemo, prednisone; no radiation.
-
- ----usual disclaimer-----
-
- > Thanks,
- > Hamish
- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Hamish Reid +1 510 596-3917 hamish@netcom.com hamish@sybase.com
- >
- >
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