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CANCER TYPE > MYELOMA > RESOURCES & SUPPORT > PATIENT INFORMATION GUIDEUK Patient Information Guide: Myeloma
This section lists information resources available in the UK for cancer patients and their families. For resources giving general information on cancer, its treatments and effects, please use the links in the right hand menu.
Books
| 100 Questions and Answers about Myeloma | |
| Author | Asad Bashey & James Huston |
| Publisher | Jones and Bartlett Publishers International |
| Description | This American book gives lots of useful information about myeloma. |
| ISBN | 0-763745-53-7 |
| Date | 2005 |
| High Dose Therapy and Stem Cell Transplantation | |
| Author | Myeloma UK |
| Description | This guide explains what high dose treatment is, what will happen during this procedure, what to expect during the recovery process and the physical and emotional impacts of such an intensive treatment. |
| Cost | Free |
| Date | 2006 |
| Obtain from | Can be ordered from Myeloma UK through their helpline 0800 980 3332 or by email at myelomauk@myeloma.uk |
| Multiple Myeloma | |
| Author | Leukaemia Research Fund |
| Description | Provides general information on myeloma. |
| Cost | Free |
| Date | 2007 |
| Obtain from | Can be downloaded from their website www.lrf.org.uk or ring 020 7405 0101 to order a copy. |
Booklets and factsheets
| Monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance | |
| Author | Leukaemia Research Fund |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Leukaemia Research Fund, 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel: 020 7405 0101 Fax: 020 7242 1488 |
| Multiple myeloma | |
| Author | Leukaemia Research Fund |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Leukaemia Research Fund, 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel: 020 7405 0101 Fax: 020 7242 1488 |
| Myelodysplastic syndromes | |
| Author | Leukaemia Research Fund |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Leukaemia Research Fund, 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel: 020 7405 0101 Fax: 020 7242 1488 |
| Plasma cell leukaemia and solitary plasmacytoma | |
| Author | Leukaemia Research Fund |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Leukaemia Research Fund, 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel: 020 7405 0101 Fax: 020 7242 1488 |
| Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis) | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Factsheet |
| Obtain from | Online version available Order from Cancerbackup |
| The Myeloproliferative Disorders | |
| Author | Leukaemia Research Fund |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Leukaemia Research Fund, 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel: 020 7405 0101 Fax: 020 7242 1488 Email: info@lrf.org.uk |
| URL | http://www.lrf.org.uk |
| Understanding myeloma | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Online version available Order from Cancerbackup |
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