How your money helps
Find out more about how your money helps everyone impacted by myeloma
Too many people with myeloma are harmed by delays in diagnosis, and struggle to access the treatment they need. We’re making amazing progress in the research and treatment of myeloma – but we need to go further, faster.
We can only achieve this with your support.
Your generous gifts help fund our core areas of work
Preventing myeloma
MGUS and smouldering myeloma are both precursor conditions to myeloma. Approximately 6,000 people are diagnosed with MGUS each year in the UK. By focusing on earlier diagnosis and on precursor conditions that can develop into myeloma, we want to radically reduce the proportion of people who are affected by myeloma.
Treating myeloma
When people with standard-risk myeloma respond well to treatment, their time in remission is almost twice as long, on average, as people who do not respond well to treatment. By helping to deliver cutting-edge treatments, policies and care standards, we want more people to move into remission for longer.
Living well with myeloma
Since we started our work, the average length of time someone with myeloma can expect to survive has quadrupled. But 8 out of 10 people say their mental health has been affected by living with myeloma, and we know that a diagnosis can have a big impact on loved ones too. We want to improve our understanding of living longer with myeloma and offer the best support, so everyone can live a full life after diagnosis.
Together, we are the cure
However you choose to support us, your gift helps support people with myeloma to live longer, better lives. Through research and treatments, we find new ways to a cure. Together with your support, we make sure no one faces myeloma alone. Join us.
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