Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer that starts in your plasma cells.

And stage IV means it's spread throughout the whole body. Multiple myeloma staging is completely different, because from the beginning, those plasma cells are basically in all the bones for most ...

Saad Usmani, Chief of MSK's Myeloma Service, says there are far more treatment options for multiple myeloma today compared with just 20 years ago. Note: This story was originally published in 2022 and ...