Multiple myeloma affects the plasma cells in the bone marrow and causes skeletal or soft tissue tumors. It is rarely cured.
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Myeloma
Synonyms for "myeloma" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
bone marrow cancer
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Noun(1 words)
plasma cell myeloma
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4 entriesIgA myelomaIgG myelomalight chain myelomanonsecretory myeloma
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6 entriesIgG myelomabone marrow neoplasmlight chain myelomamonoclonal gammopathymultiple myelomaplasma cell dyscrasia
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While Powell was fully vaccinated, he was also battling multiple myeloma, a cancer that suppresses the immune system, making him more susceptible to the virus and less likely to mount an immune response after being vaccinated.
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