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IMF publications are a valuable resource for patients, family members and medical professionals.
 
infopack.jpg INFO PACK
The IMF Info Pack provides comprehensive information on treatment options and disease management. Available free of charge, the Info Pack includes The IMF Patient Handbook and The IMF Concise Review of the Disease and Treatment Options, as well as many of the important Understanding Series booklets. Click on the thumbnail to the left to see a complete list of the publications included in the Info Pack.
  
PATIENT HANDBOOK
The Patient Handbook provides a basic understanding of myeloma to allow patients to make informed decisions about treatment choices.

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CONCISE REVIEW
The IMF Concise Review of the Disease and Treatment Options is an overview of the history of myeloma, a discussion of pathophysiology, clinical features, and treatment options. It is written primarily for health professionals who treat myeloma, but perhaps not on a routine basis.

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UnderstandingAnemia.jpg Understanding Anemia and Fatigue
Learn about what you can do and which medications are available to help you better manage your fatigue and anemia and enable you to feel better and participate in more activities.
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UnderstandingKyphoplas.jpg Understanding Balloon Kyphoplasty and Myeloma-Induced Vertebral Compression Fractures
This brochure explains why vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) occur and discusses the various treatment options. In addition, it will provide a step-by-step overview of the kyphoplasty procedure.
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UnderstandingBisphosphonate.jpg Understanding Bisphosphonate Therapy
What you need to know about bone disease and bisphosphonate therapy. What are bisphosphonates? How do they work? Who should take them and who shouldn't? Side effects.

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UnderstandingDex.jpg Understanding Dexamethasone and Other Steroids
After reading this booklet, you should know what dexamethasone is, how it works, possible side effects, and more.

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Understanding Doxil® for Myeloma
After reading this booklet you should know what Doxil® is, how it works, and possible side effects. You will also learn why Doxil® is administered in combination with VELCADE® and what the possible side effects of that combination are.
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UnderstandingQuadramet.jpg Understanding Quadramet
Quadramet® belongs to a class of drugs called radiopharmaceuticals and is used to treat bone pain that often results when cancer has spread to the bone.
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UnderstandingRevlimid.jpg Understanding Revlimid®
Revlimid® (lenalidomide) has been approved by the FDA for use in myeloma.

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UnderstandingFreeLight.jpg Understanding Serum Free Light Chain Assays
Learn about Serum Free Light Chain Assays, which can be used in the same way as monoclonal protein measurements to assess response to treatment. This test is also known as the Freelite™ test.

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understandingsct.jpg Understanding Stem Cell Transplant
What are the benefits and risks of high-dose chemotherapy with blood stem cell rescue as part of the treatment for myeloma?
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UnderstandingThalidomide.jpg Understanding Thalidomide Therapy
Using thalidomide to treat myeloma is a new idea, but thalidomide itself has been studied for many decades. Much has been learned about how thalidomide works in the treatment of different diseases, and how its side effects can be treated.

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UnderstandingAnemia.jpg Understanding Trisenox® (arsenic trioxide) injection
Trisenox® (arsenic trioxide) injection is a type of anticancer agent that is derived from arsenic, a naturally occurring compound that has been used for over two thousand years in Chinese and western medicine to treat a wide range of disorders.
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UnderstandingVELCADE.jpg Understanding VELCADE® (bortezomib) for Injection Therapy
This booklet covers the basics of FDA approved VELCADE®, including how it works, side effects, how it is given.

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ZIO101.jpg Understanding ZIO-101 (Darinaparsin)
Darinaparsin is a novel, organic arsenic that kills human myeloma cell lines grown in the laboratory. It is also active against human myelomas that have been transplanted into mice. As a form of organic arsenic, Darinaparsin represents a new class of small molecule cancer therapy.
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spreadwordsmall.jpg Spread The Word Starter Kit
Help others learn about the IMF. Take a packet of free materials with you on your next appointment. Tell your doctor how much the IMF has helped you, and encourage him or her to display or distribute the materials to the myeloma patients and family members who visit the office. If every patient took just one packet and encouraged their doctor to share the materials, just think of how many patients we could help.
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