Myeloma Archives - Leukaemia Foundation

Feeling tired all the time because of cancer

Discover how cancer fatigue impacts daily life and learn ways to manage feeling tired all the time due to cancer. Explore Neda's inspiring story.

chemotherapy
Myeloma
Treatments and side-effects

From kidney stones to chemo

Wayne Douglas spent more than half a lifetime working with heavy rock and concrete in the civil construction industry. In 2018, Wayne joined the roughly 2,600 people diagnosed with myeloma in Australia each year.

accommodation
bone lesion
chemotherapy
exercise
fatigue
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Myeloma
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
regional
rural
Victoria

Optimal Care Pathways for myeloma patients

Myeloma

Optimal Care Pathways for myeloma – HCP

Myeloma

Barry Du Bois loses his luscious locks for a cause that’s in his blood!

Barry Du Bois has today shaved off his locks in a nod to his own journey with the blood cancer myeloma, for the Leukaemia Foundation’s iconic World’s Greatest Shave. It’s no secret that this much-loved and well-known Aussie, has been living with the incurable blood cancer since he was diagnosed in 2017.

Media releases
Myeloma

Access to best practice needed to reduce blood cancer mortality

Patients understand that clinical best practice care begins with an accurate and timely diagnosis.

Advocacy and policy
AML
Myeloma
Treatments and side-effects

Access to best practice needed to reduce blood cancer mortality

Jennifer was diagnosed with myeloma at 27 years old

Jennifer Marx shares insight into being diagnosed with myeloma at almost 27 years old - a condition far more prevalent in older people. Jennifer shares how she navigated the healthcare system, managed treatment and relationships, and her experience having two autologous transplants.

Myeloma

PBAC considering selinexor for a third time

For the third time, selinexor (Xpovio®) will be considered by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) at its November 2022 meeting for the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) myeloma.