Please join us at one of our regular meetings or join the mailing list for our free monthly newsletter. Family members and friends are encouraged to participate as well. You will quickly find out you are not alone. We will help keep you informed of the latest Multiple Myeloma management information.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be on Tuesday July 16, 2019
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

It will be a group share meeting.

Current newsletter, (PDF format)

Upcoming Meeting Speakers…

• Kelley Sidorowicz, IMF Support Group Regional Director will be our featured speaker at the August meeting.
  
• Our Myeloma Support Group will be recognizing a milestone 20 years in September. No speaker is planned. Leaving the time open for us to celebrate!
  
• Dr Natalie Callander will likely join us for the October meeting.
  
• Dr Shannon O'Mahar will be our featured speaker for the December meeting. She will likely be presenting 2019 ASH conference highlights.

New Fact Sheet Available from LLS

This new fact sheet provides information for patients and their families about minimal residual disease (MRD), which refers to the small number of cancer cells that remain in the body after treatment.

Click here to download the PDF or order a free copy.

From the LLS Patient Education Team

Conferences

3rd Annual Myeloma Patient and Caregiver Symposium in Pewaukee,
WI Saturday, September 28th, 2019

Upcoming Teleconferences or Webinars 

Post ASCO/EHA/IMWG Teleconference
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2019
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

Learn more about current trends in myeloma treatment and research with this update from three major medical meetings held in June and July 2019.

Dr. Brian G.M. Durie will explain what’s new and exciting from:
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO),
European Hematology Association (EHA), and
International Myeloma Working Group Summit (IMWG).

You won’t want to miss this free IMF teleconference followed by a Q&A session!

To make a reservation click here

Success and Celebrations

Matt Howard took first place in the Driftless 50K Trail Race.

Bashir Nasserjah participated in "The Ride", benefiting The UW Carbone Cancer Center.

Multiple Myeloma or Cancer News

News... (Upcoming teleconferences are listed below)

ChemioCare Developing New Lenalidomide Skin Patch

Attached to the January email: Time to talk about Multiple Myeloma

Please see the December, 2018 newsletter for news about approval of a new drug therapy (EPd) for treatment of relapsed or refractory myeloma in patients who have received at least two prior therapies

MMRF introduces MyDRUG (Myeloma – Developing Regimens Using Genomics) clinical trial. (More in the December, 2018 newsletter)