Healthy Headlines: Multiple Myeloma

CHARLOTTE, NC — As cancer treatments advance, we hear the phrase living with cancer more and more. One type of cancer that can apply to is multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. According to a recent
report in The Washington Post, therapies and new drugs are extending — sometimes considerably — the life expectancies for those with multiple myeloma.

In this week’s Healthy Headlines, we’ll hear more from Dr. Raymond Thertulien, a hematologist and oncologist at Novant Health and director of the myeloma and plasma cell disorders program for the Novant Health Weisiger Cancer Institute.

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Watch full interview below: