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Is there a chance Lisa ray who has Multiple Myeloma will survive?
She was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma on 23 June 2009, a cancer of the white blood cells known as plasma cells, which produce antibodies. It is a rare and incurable disease.
Will she be okay like will she survive?? I hoep she does
It is not possible to answer this question. In general with MM much depends on the stage of disease (smoldering, stage 1, stage 2, and stage 3), age of patient, patients overall health, and treatment decisions. MM is incurable, but patients who can bring the disease under control can survive . . they learn to live with their cancer. Just because a cancer is incurable does not necessarily mean it is ‘terminal. She appears to have decided to undergo treatment so her cancer must be somewhat active. With MM patients often chose not to treat the cancer as long as there are no symptoms . . when or if the disease begins to show symptoms than the patient can undergo treatment.
But no one really knows what will happen in her case or anyone who has cancer. Hopefully she can get her disease under control and continue to work and live with her cancer.
Cancer.net: Multiple Myeloma
http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Multiple+Myeloma