Multiple Myeloma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Multiple Myeloma, or a subtype of Multiple Myeloma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Multiple Myeloma as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Multiple Myeloma: Introduction
Broader types of Multiple Myeloma:
Prevalance of Multiple Myeloma: about 63,000 people affected by multiple myeloma ("Orphan Products: Hope for People With Rare Diseases", By Carol Rados, FDA Consumer magazine, November-December 2003 Issue)
Prevalance Rate of Multiple Myeloma: approx 1 in 4,317 or 0.02% or 63,000 people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Multiple Myeloma: 14,600 annual cases of multiple myeloma in USA (SEER 2002 estimate)
Incidence Rate of Multiple Myeloma: approx 1 in 18,630 or 0.01% or 14,600 people in USA [about data]
Incidence of Multiple Myeloma: Each year, nearly 13,000 people in the United States learn
that they have multiple
myeloma . (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Multiple Myeloma: NCI)
Patient Profile for Multiple Myeloma: More common after age 40
Profile for Multiple Myeloma: most multiple myeloma patients are between 50 and 70 years old. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Multiple Myeloma: NCI)
Race Profile for Multiple Myeloma: This disease affects blacks more often than whites and men more often than women. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Multiple Myeloma: NCI)
Complications of Multiple Myeloma:
see complications of Multiple Myeloma
Deaths for Multiple Myeloma: 11,016 deaths reported in USA 1999 for multiple myeloma and other immunoproliferative syndromes (NVSR Sep 2001)
Causes of Multiple Myeloma: see causes of Multiple Myeloma
Cause of Multiple Myeloma: Overgrowth of antibody-producing white blood cells called plasma cells. Growth inside bone marrow causes bone tumors.
Risk factors for Multiple Myeloma:
see
risk factors for Multiple Myeloma
Symptoms of Multiple Myeloma: see symptoms of Multiple Myeloma
Complications of Multiple Myeloma: see complications of Multiple Myeloma
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
More information:
see contagiousness of Multiple Myeloma
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Multiple Myeloma
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Multiple Myeloma.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Multiple Myeloma.
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Multiple Myeloma: Oncologists, Hematologists, Radiation oncologists
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Multiple Myeloma.
Treatments for Multiple Myeloma:
see treatments for Multiple Myeloma
Research for Multiple Myeloma:
see research for Multiple Myeloma
Hospitalization statistics for Multiple Myeloma:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Multiple Myeloma:
Organs and body systems related to Multiple Myeloma include:
Main name of condition: Multiple Myeloma
Class of Condition for Multiple Myeloma: cancer
Plasma cell myeloma, myelomatosis, Kahler disease
Plasma cell tumors, Plasmacytoma, Myeloma, Kahler's disease
Source - Diseases Database
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