Quiz: Myths and Facts About Multiple Myeloma
Medically Reviewed by Zilpah Sheikh, MD on February 27, 2025
Question 1/10
Multiple myeloma can break your bones.
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Question 2/10
Multiple myeloma runs in families.
- Myth
- Fact
Question 3/10
Multiple myeloma often damages your liver.
- Myth
- Fact
Question 4/10
Doctors may use your own stem cells to treat multiple myeloma.
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- Fact
Question 5/10
Doctors can put a new gene in your immune cells to make them fight multiple myeloma.
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Question 6/10
Multiple myeloma doesn’t start as cancer.
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Question 7/10
Multiple myeloma is curable.
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Question 8/10
Multiple myeloma can make you shorter.
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Question 9/10
In multiple myeloma, your blood cells get out of balance.
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- Fact
Question 10/10
People with multiple myeloma have too much calcium and magnesium in their blood.
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- Fact