Can you live 10 years with multiple myeloma?

Can you live 10 years with multiple myeloma?

The SEER(Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) data for multiple myeloma has been published in 2013 by the National Cancer Institute, and the average life expectancy remains at 4 years for the third year in a row. However, some people beat the odds and live 10 to 20 years or more.

Does multiple myeloma spread quickly?

As this progression happens, the plasma cells can cause multiple tumors. This development is then known as multiple myeloma. Unlike many cancers, multiple myeloma appears to spread via the bloodstream. It can reach different parts of the body quickly, making it hard to treat.

Is myeloma always terminal?

Treatment for myeloma can be very effective at controlling the disease, relieving its symptoms and complications, and prolonging life. Unfortunately, though, myeloma is currently an incurable (terminal) cancer. Myeloma is a relapsing-remitting cancer.

Is Multiple myeloma a death sentence?

Today, a multiple myeloma diagnosis is no longer a death sentence because our community’s efforts have helped bring 11 new drugs through FDA-approval.

Is Multiple myeloma always fatal?

Multiple myeloma used to be considered extremely deadly; today many people live with it as little more than a chronic condition. One reason it remains deadly is because many patients can’t get optimal therapy as a consequence of having existing illnesses when diagnosed with cancer.

Is multiple myeloma curable 2020?

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer for which there is no cure. In 2020, of all patients newly diagnosed with a blood cancer, 18\% are expected to be diagnosed with this type of blood cancer. Depending on the stage, the average survival rate is five to seven years.

How long a person can live with multiple myeloma?

Multiple myeloma is a very diverse disease and its survival ranges from 1-10 years; however, the median survival is 3 years in unselected patients. The 5-year survival rate of a person with multiple myeloma is 46.6\%.

What are the chances of me having multiple myeloma?

Age. The risk of developing multiple myeloma goes up as people get older.

Gender. Men are slightly more likely to develop multiple myeloma than women.

Race. Multiple myeloma is more than twice as common in African Americans than in white Americans.

Family history. Multiple myeloma seems to run in some families.

Obesity.

Having other plasma cell diseases.

What is the survival rate of multiple myeloma?

Percent means how many out of 100. The overall 5-year survival rate for people with multiple myeloma is 52\%. For the 5\% of people who are diagnosed at an early stage, the 5-year survival rate is almost 74\%. If the cancer has spread to a distant part of the body, the 5-year survival rate is 51\%.

How deadly is multiple myeloma?

Multiple Myeloma is, for most people who have it, still a fatal disease. But it can take a long time to get you and you can be in remission or stable disease for many years and live a relatively normal life during those years. Multiple Myeloma varies greatly from one patient to another.