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Does Anyone Know When Multiple Myeloma Was First Diagnosed

Posted by smiles1951 @smiles1951, Jun 26 8:51am

I could probably spend time researching this if I had the time to do it, but I don't. One of my best friends mother died from Multiple Myeloma in 1972. I did not know this is what she died from, because I assumed it was probably breast cancer back then. I babysat the young children of the family the day of her funeral. I was young then. I have read a lot about Multiple Myeloma since being diagnosed with a slow growing Stage 1 form of it in early 2022. I receive publications from the International Multiple Myeloma organization and also have an excellent Care Team at Mayo. The question I am asking today is, "Does anyone know when Multiple Myeloma was first diagnosed." What source did you learn this from?

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Kappa King | @kappaking | Jun 26 9:54am

From the National Library of Medicine - National Center for Biotechnology Information
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21509678/
From the link:

"Multiple Myeloma has been recognized since Ancient Times. The first well-documented case was reported in 1844 by Samuel Solly."

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558388/#B9
From the link:

"[I]n 1873 J. von Rustizky coined the phrase multiple myeloma"

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Patty, Volunteer Mentor | @pmm | Jun 27 5:35am
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@kappaking

From the National Library of Medicine - National Center for Biotechnology Information
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21509678/
From the link:

"Multiple Myeloma has been recognized since Ancient Times. The first well-documented case was reported in 1844 by Samuel Solly."

Edited to add:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558388/#B9
From the link:

"[I]n 1873 J. von Rustizky coined the phrase multiple myeloma"

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@kappaking wow! Who knew? Thanks for your research on this. I had no idea about the history.

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smiles1951 | @smiles1951 | Jun 27 9:37am
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@kappaking wow! Who knew? Thanks for your research on this. I had no idea about the history.

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That is why I posed the question. I thought it was maybe in the 1950s. I knew my friend's mother died from it in 1972, because there were no real treatments until the 1980s. They have improved vastly since then and are numerous.

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Patty, Volunteer Mentor | @pmm | Jun 27 2:24pm

@smiles1951
Absolutely! In the last 10 years they have made a lot of progress. Thanks for asking such an interesting question!

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