Decoding Cancer Event: New Hope in Multiple Myeloma Treatment

Event: Dercoding Cancer - new hoppe in multiple myeloma treatment

When: Thursday, 8 September 2016 from 18:30 to 19:45 (IST)

Where: O'Callaghan Alexander Hotel, 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin (view map)

The Irish Cancer Society's Decoding Cancer series of public talks continues with New Hope in Multiple Myeloma Treatment.

The events speaker is Professor Paul Richardson – a recognised world leader in the development of new treatments for multiple myeloma.

Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the blood arising from a type of white blood cell which is made in the bone marrow.

The uncontrolled growth of these cells can lead to bone pain and fractures, as well as other blood and kidney problems.

Every year in Ireland approximately 250 people are diagnosed with multiple myeloma and 170 succumb to their disease.

In the past a multiple myeloma diagnosis meant that a patient could only expect to survive for three to five years — with chemotherapy the only treatment available.

Today, that landscape has changed considerably with average survival time increasing significantly and additional advances on the horizon with a sophisticated array of new medicines coming into the clinic.

This event is FREE but registration is required. Please register here on Eventbrite.

For more information please contact researchevents@irishcancer.ie.