/PRNewswire/ A patient s life was saved after researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, Medidata, a Dassault.
Castleman disease (CD) is a rare but benign condition in which there is lymph node enlargement. It can either be unicentric (single lymph node group involved), which is the more common type or the less common multicentric type
General Colin Powell died from complications of COVID-19 while also battling multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. Memphian Wayne Coleman faced the same battle.
The Myeloma Institute, located within the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS (UAMS)
The Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation have given $1.8 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to fund multiple myeloma research.
Rodger Riney is the founder and former CEO of the discount brokerage firm Scottrade of St. Louis. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2015 and has since become an advocate for research and treatment of the disease, including serving on the board of directors for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, UAMS said in a news release.