Multiple myeloma treatment
How is multiple myeloma treated?
Multiple myeloma treatment focuses on controlling the disease, protecting your organs and bones, and improving how you feel day to day. In some cases, treatment aims to destroy as many cancer cells as possible. In others, the goal is to manage the condition or monitor it closely if it’s not causing symptoms. Your care team will recommend options based on your overall health, test results, and how advanced the disease is.
At Penn Medicine, you’ll have access to advanced therapies and a team experienced in treating even complex cases.
Multiple myeloma treatment options
Multiple myeloma care often includes a combination of treatments tailored to your needs. Your care plan may include active surveillance (watchful waiting) to monitor the condition over time. Medications like bisphosphonates can help strengthen bones, while pain relievers may ease discomfort. Steroids are also commonly used to help control the disease and manage symptoms.
Penn Medicine offers every available option to treat this disease, from traditional therapies to the latest innovations.
Access to groundbreaking new treatments
When you choose Penn Medicine’s blood cancer care specialists for your multiple myeloma treatment, you’ll find:
- Innovative treatment options: We offer every type of treatment for multiple myeloma, including the newest, most advanced options. Our options include immunotherapy, CAR T cell therapy, and bloodless stem cell transplantation through the Penn Medicine Center for Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery.
- Specialized expertise: Multiple myeloma treatment has changed significantly in the past few years. New, more specific treatments are now available. Our physicians, pathologists and nurses have special training and experience exclusively in this disease. Our multiple myeloma team is best positioned to choose the appropriate therapy for you.
- Help for even the most complex cases: Because we offer the most advanced treatment options, we can help the most complex cancers. Even if treatment elsewhere has not been successful, we might have options for you.
- A history of leadership in multiple myeloma treatment: Penn is a longstanding international leader in the treatment of blood cancers. We helped develop many of the current treatments and teach others around the world about effective treatment.