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Want to talk about Multiple Myeloma: Anyone else?

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Hi, Two year’s ago my dad was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma since that he had 4 unsuccessful lines of chemotherapy, but I was never told if this cancer has stages. Does it have it?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 24, 2022

Such a good question, @ficy.
Staging is a way of describing where a cancer is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting other parts of the body. There are different stage descriptions for different types of cancer.

Multiple myeloma staging is quite unique and explained in detail here on Cancer.net.
- Multiple Myeloma: Stages https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/multiple-myeloma/stages

I assume that since you father has had chemotherapy, his myeloma is symptomatic. What symptoms does he have? What treatment is being suggested next? Is he a candidate for a bone marrow/stem cell transplant?

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