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MULTIPLE MYELOMA BY THE NUMBERS
MULTIPLE MYELOMA IS A PROGRESSIVE BLOOD CANCER THAT ORIGINATES IN THE BONE MARROW .
IT OCCURS WHEN SPECIFIC TYPES OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS, CALLED PLASMA CELLS , BECOME CANCEROUS AND MULTIPLY
UNCONTROLLABLY, OVERCROWDING THE BONE MARROW.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF RISK FACTORS FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA:
AGE IS A
MOST PEOPLE
PRIMARY RISK
DIAGNOSED WITH
FACTOR.
MULTIPLE MYELOMA ARE
65+
YEARS
OLD
OCCURS MORE COMMONLY IN
IT IMPACTS
SLIGHTLY
MORE
MEN THAN
WOMEN
SOME RACIAL GROUPS, SUCH
AS AFRICAN AMERICANS
GLOBAL 1-YEAR PREVALENCE (PER 100,000)
3.2+
1.0–3.2
0.44–1.0
0.15–0.44
<0.15
NO DATA
114,250+
ESTIMATED
NEW CASES
LESS THAN
50%
80,000+
OF PATIENTS
ESTIMATED
MORTALITY
S URVIVE FIVE
YEARS AFTER
DIAGNOSIS.
Source: GLOBOCAN 2012 (IARC)
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