How to Use myeloma in a Sentence

myeloma

noun
  • Grand beat the myeloma but the Hotel Myeloma joke lived on for 15 years.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The myeloma had spread into his skull and his spinal fluid.
    Angus Chen, STAT, 2 June 2022
  • There are three main types of blood cancer: leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • There are three main types of blood cancer, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, all of which affect the body's blood cells.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • His wife, Esin Ili Goknar, said the cause was multiple myeloma.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 5 June 2017
  • Galynn Brady was diagnosed with breast cancer and myeloma in 2016.
    Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The illness was detected in 30 patients with myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells, Taylor said.
    Charles Brandom, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Multiple myeloma is a cancer that forms in white blood cells called plasma cells.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The funds raised benefit the LLS mission to find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Iles poured more of himself into Cage: his protagonist lost part of a leg in a similar car wreck and was now battling myeloma.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • Doctors told him there has been no increase in myeloma markers since his previous round of extensive tests in May.
    USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that affects plasma cells, which are a category of white blood cells.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Powell, 84, was fully vaccinated but had been battling myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells, which weakened his ability to fight the virus.
    Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021
  • So much so that new cases of leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma accounted for an estimated 9.4% of new cancer cases in the United States last year.
    Elizabeth Millard, Cpt, SELF, 15 Aug. 2024
  • But the approach also is being tested for a range of diseases from non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma to solid tumors.
    Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2017
  • Bone marrow donations can be used in the treatment of life-threatening conditions, such as leukemia, myeloma, and lymphoma.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 31 Oct. 2017
  • But using the patient’s own stem cells was also risky because they might be contaminated with myeloma cells.
    Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Roundup users that blame the product for causing their multiple-myeloma cancers get nothing under the settlement.
    Tim Loh, Fortune, 25 May 2020
  • Meschery might have kept on teaching a while longer, but in ’06 he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, and roughly a year later underwent a stem-cell transplant.
    Jack McCallum, SI.com, 15 June 2017
  • Multiple myeloma patients can live for many years with treatment, but it's not considered curable.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Certain cancer therapies can damage B-cells, as does having a blood cancer like lymphoma, leukemia, or myeloma.
    Angus Chen, STAT, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Finding blood cancer Blood cancers include leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
    Claire Altschuler, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
  • The cause was complications of multiple myeloma, Fran Black, a longtime family friend, said.
    Frank Litsky, New York Times, 15 July 2017
  • The Tinley Park woman was participating for her first time in the event to honor her aunt, Diane Gillooley,who lost her battle against leukemia and multiple myeloma.
    Alicia Fabbre, Daily Southtown, 14 June 2017
  • Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer arising from plasma cells in the bone marrow.
    Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The cause was complications of multiple myeloma, his wife, Geraldine Mattson, said.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2016
  • The second quarter recipient will be Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which raises funds to help find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma.
    Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The Novartis drug has the potential to be one of the most expensive drugs ever sold, said David Mitchell, the patients group’s president, who has been treated for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, since 2010.
    Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News, 23 Aug. 2017
  • It's shown promise against some leukemias and lymphomas, but this is a new type being tried for multiple myeloma, in patients whose cancer worsened despite many other treatments.
    Marilynn Marchione, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 June 2017
  • The cause was congestive heart failure, multiple myeloma and other complications, said a son, Jonathan Cool.
    Washington Post, 16 June 2017

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