Risk Factors, Complications, And Treatment Options For Multiple Myeloma

Biological Therapy

Biological therapy is a method to treat many different diseases that utilize parts of living organisms, compounds that derive from living organisms, or human-made renditions of such compounds or substances engineered and produced in a laboratory. This type of therapy may directly or indirectly target an individual's multiple myeloma cancer cells to help with eradication. Some biological therapies work by hindering certain molecules that stimulate or help cancerous tumors progress and grow. Others are antibodies or drugs that stimulate the immune system to produce particular antibodies that can target specific cancer cells directly. Some biological therapies involve the use of donor blood components to help kill cancerous cells in multiple myeloma patients. Not only can biological therapies be used to help with targeting and killing cancer cells, but they can also be useful to help treat symptoms that occur as a result of cancer or side effects patients may experience as a result of other cancer treatments.

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