International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) Launches Myeloma Action Month March 1

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, 2019. In 2009, the IMF was the first organization to declare March as Myeloma Awareness Month. The organization elevated the campaign in 2016 to Myeloma Action Month to encourage a more dynamic, proactive approach. This year’s proactive approach is highlighted by YOU—Myeloma Warriors. As Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, the IMF’s Chairman of the Board, explains in…

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International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) Declares March Myeloma Action Month

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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