Seattle Cancer Care Alliance provides comprehensive, leading-edge treatment for people diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Right now there are about 50,000 people in the United States who have multiple myeloma, also known as myeloma, a form of cancer that affects white blood cells called plasma cells. SCCA was formed, in part, to bring promising new treatments to patients faster. This means that people who have myeloma will find more treatment options at SCCA than might be found elsewhere, including participation in one of the clinical trials conducted at SCCA and its parent organizations, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW Medicine.
If your condition requires a bone-marrow transplant, you should know that SCCA's parent organization, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, pioneered the use of bone-marrow transplants as a treatment for blood cancers, such as multiple myeloma, over 40 years ago. Since then thousands of patients with various blood diseases have come from around the world to receive bone-marrow transplants at SCCA.
Understanding the importance of choosing the right treatment center for your disease.
Our doctors are members of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW Medicine and are committed to providing the best possible care for multiple myeloma patients who come to SCCA for treatment.
Learn about the risk factors and symptoms of multiple myeloma, how it is diagnosed and how its stages are determined.
Regardless of the stage of your illness, the unsurpassed expertise of our physicians makes SCCA the ideal treatment center for multiple myeloma.
Receiving a diagnosis for multiple myeloma raises many questions. SCCA physicians and staff provide compassionate care and support during your course of treatment so you will always know what to expect.
Participation in a clinical study is an option that many multiple myeloma patients choose when they come to SCCA for treatment. Find out why.
Because treatment for multiple myeloma isn't easy, special support for patients is essential. SCCA has several programs, classes, and services to assist patients and their families.
Read about amazing people who have gone through treatment for cancer at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
The more you know about your disease, the more empowered you'll feel. This list of reputable sources about multiple myeloma makes gathering information easy.
