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• Pursuing My Sister’s Dream
• Exciting Advances in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Taking an Active Role in Multiple Myeloma Treatment Decisions

• Pursuing My Sister’s Dream

  Melanoma

  Diagnosed with melanoma a few weeks after her wedding, Meredith died of the disease 4 months later, at age 35. Her family created Meredith’s Mission for Melanoma, a non-profit organization, to support melanoma research and increase awareness of this deadly cancer.

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• Exciting Advances in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  LEUKEMIA

  New therapies that are now available for people with this type of cancer have fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy and can improve survival and quality of life.

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• Taking an Active Role in Multiple Myeloma Treatment Decisions

  CONQUERING MYELOMA™ The Institute of Medicine suggested that quality of cancer care improves when people who have been diagnosed with cancer share decisions related to their treatment.

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