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Next Meeting

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (CST)
New: This will be using Zoom instead of GoToMeeting (see below)

Dr, Aric Hall from the UW Carbone Cancer Center will be our featured speaker for the April virtual meeting. Dr Hall does a Q & A session and it has become one of our favorites. Mark your calendars now not to miss this meeting. He will be joining us at approx. 4:30pm.

Upcoming Meetings

• Dr Timothy Schmidt, from the UW Carbone Cancer Center will be our featured speaker for the May virtual meeting. He will be talking about genetics and chromosome testing and what it all means.
  
• July: Michelle Lakner, Nurse Practitioner for the UW Carbone Cancer will be out featured speaker at July's meeting. More information to follow. Jayne will be collecting questions ahead of this meeting. Those
  questions will become the starting point of her Q & A .

See the current newsletter for information about:

• Register now from the Myeloma Crowd site for a presentation on April 15: Those Pesky Bone Hardeners! MM Patients Beware with Dentist Dr. John Killip
• FDA approves isatuximab-irfc From the IMF website – Two more drugs with FDA approvals.
• What Is Ide-Cel? Dr Durie discusses this in one of his podcasts which is available on the IMF website.
• I joined the Santa Fe Myeloma support group meeting this week for a session on Freelite testing. Got an interesting website for you. Www.wikilite.com This has always been a confusing subject for many
  of us. Hope this helps.

Current newsletter, (PDF)

April Virtual Meeting

Madison Multiple Myeloma Support Group monthly meeting
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Zoom

Our virtual meetings will now be on the Zoom platform.

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Madison Myeloma Support Group Zoom Meeting

Meeting times will be in the newsletter as these Zoom invitations will be a reoccurring meeting format.

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Upcoming conferences and teleconferences are listed below

Upcoming Teleconferences or Webinars 

None currently listed

Success and Celebrations

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Conferences

The annual Multiple Myeloma Patient and Caregiver Symposium

Save the date for 2021. Hopefully meeting in person next year on Saturday, August 21, 2021.