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Advocating for yourself with multiple myeloma

Patient Valarie tells how important it is to get a second opinion for her journey for a multiple myeloma diagnosis.


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  • Access to care for multiple myeloma

  • Access to resources for multiple myeloma

  • My experience being diagnosed with multiple myeloma

  • The importance of advocacy for multiple myeloma

  • The importance of finding the right doctor

  • What you need to know about multiple myeloma

  • Dx dialogues: versatile treatment options across the multiple myeloma landscape

  • Becoming your own advocate while treating cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

  • Vital voices: advocating for yourself as a lung cancer patient

  • Dee, metastatic breast cancer patient, transformed her diagnosis into an advocacy calling

Up Next

  • Access to care for multiple myeloma

  • Access to resources for multiple myeloma

  • My experience being diagnosed with multiple myeloma

  • The importance of advocacy for multiple myeloma

  • The importance of finding the right doctor

  • What you need to know about multiple myeloma

  • Dx dialogues: versatile treatment options across the multiple myeloma landscape

  • Becoming your own advocate while treating cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

  • Vital voices: advocating for yourself as a lung cancer patient

  • Dee, metastatic breast cancer patient, transformed her diagnosis into an advocacy calling

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