Tag: Myeloma Action Month

International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) Launches Resilience-Themed Campaign for Myeloma Action Month in March 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) is harnessing the power of multiple myeloma patients, their families, and the community at large to raise awareness of the blood cancer during Myeloma Action Month (MAM), starting March 1, 2020. The organization commemorates its 30-year anniversary this year. In the words of one of its co-founders, Brian D. Novis, “One person can make a difference; two can make a miracle.” With this sentiment in mind, the IMF’s hope is to bring together members of the myeloma community and beyond to focus on the theme…

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International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) Declares March Myeloma Action Month

Stuart Mitchell

The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) is harnessing the power of myeloma patients, their families, and the myeloma community at large to raise awareness of the disease during Myeloma Action Month (MAM), starting March 1, 2018. This year’s campaign focuses on Myeloma Warriors – those individuals surviving with the disease, supporting loved ones, and helping to find the cure. Myeloma, a cancer of the blood plasma cells, affects approximately 90,000 people in the U.S. and is the second most common blood cancer. As it is a relatively unknown cancer, myeloma can…

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