Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells that are found in the bone marrow.1
It is the second most prevalent blood cancer after non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, affecting approximately 7,000 Canadians in 2011, with the average age of diagnosis being 62 years for men and 61 years for women.2
Myeloma makes up 1.3% of all new cancer cases in Canada and 1.8% of all cancer deaths.2