Resources

Resource Navigator

The Resource Navigator by Takeda Pharmaceuticals provides an excellent overview of MM resources available. View and optionally download the document if you wish.
Resource Navigator

Understanding Common Labs and Tests

The following document, prepared by several members of our group with assistance from a local hematologist/oncologist, provides a comprehensive explanation of the labs and tests that Myeloma patients typically encounter. 
Understanding Common Labs and Tests

Managing Stress: How stress affects you and ways to cope

There is a great benefit to managing stress, especially for cancer patients. Managing Stress is a publication of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) that explains how stress affects you and provides tips to cope. 
Managing Stress

SCCA – Supportive & Palliative Care Service

The goal of palliative care is to prevent and relieve suffering and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Attached is information on Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s palliative care service. 
SCCA Palliative Care

Online Library

You can find information and online links to valuable MM related sites in the Online Library.
The types of information included are as follows:

  • Cancer Research & Treatment Centers
  • MM Educational Sites & Information
  • Pharmaceutical Related Sites
  • Other Care Sources
  • Amyloidosis Information
  • Exercise & Survivorship
  • Books
  • Financial Assistance & Copay Assistance
  • Clinical Trials
  • Facebook Groups

You can view the library by clicking on the link below and optionally download the document if you wish.
Online Library 4.2022

Multiple Myeloma Therapies Quick Guide

Confused by all the different MM therapies?  The Quick Guide is a “cheat sheet” that describes how each MM drug attacks this disease.  Also provided is a list of definitions of the terms used to define a patient’s response to treatment. 
Multiple Myeloma Therapies

Basic Guide to Bone Pain

Attached is a brief look at bone problems, something that strikes most MM patients during the course of their treatment.  This information came from a Myeloma Crowd presentation.
Basic Guide To Bone Problems

Myeloma Terms and Definitions

A list of Multiple Myeloma terms and definitions provided by the International Multiple Myeloma Foundation. 
Myeloma Terms and Definitions

Myeloma Acronyms and Abbreviations

A list of Multiple Myeloma acronyms and abbreviations provided by the International Multiple Myeloma Foundation. 
Acronyms and Abbreviations 4.2022