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Multiple Myeloma: What New Patients NEED TO KNOW | The Patient Story

Patient advocate Cindy Chmielewski, also known as the "Myeloma Teacher," has been living with multiple myeloma for nearly 15 years. After experiencing excruciating back pain for two years, she was diagnosed with IgG Kappa stage 3 multiple myeloma. After learning more about her diagnosis, she now helps other myeloma patients learn more about the disease and the importance of being actively involved in your care. In this conversation, she speaks with Dr. Caitlin Costello a hematologist-oncologist at the University of California, San Diego and Dr. Sagar Lonial, the chief medical officer at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. They discuss cutting-edge treatments and therapies for both transplant-eligible and transplant-ineligible patients, combination therapies and the necessity of stem cell transplants. Full story & transcript → https://www.thepatientstory.com/medic... Join Our Community: Website : https://www.thepatientstory.com/ Facebook: @ThePatientStory Instagram: @ThePatientStory Twitter: @patient_story Contents of this Video: 00:00 - Intro 04:10 - Transplant eligible and transplant ineligible patients 06:51 - Improving frailty in patients 07:53 - Treatment for transplant ineligible patients 10:33 - What is maintenance therapy? 12:30 - Updates on the MAIA trial 15:02 - Using 3 vs 4 drugs for treating transplant eligible 17:23 - Do you think the 4-drug combination will be the new standard of care? 18:47 - Who is eligible for quad-based therapy? 20:26 - What does it mean to be high risk? 21:39 - Side effects for different drug combinations 25:03 - Necessity of stem cell transplant for patients 30:50 - IVIG and daratumumab 32:28 -Lowering dexamethasone for frail population 37:10 - FasT CAR-T cells 39:11 - Seeing a myeloma specialist #multiplemyeloma #multiplemyelomaawareness #MMSM #thepatientstory #cancersurvivor #cancerstories #ASH22 #myelomatreatment #bloodcancer #cancer