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March is Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month. Here are some risk factors and statistics related to the disease.
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In 2017, an estimated 30,280 new cases of multiple myeloma will be diagnosed, including 17,490 men and 12,790 women.
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Multiple myeloma is more than twice as common in African Americans as in white Americans.
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People who have a sibling or parent with multiple myeloma are 4 times more likely to have the disease.
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This disease is the second most common blood cancer in the world.
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