How the IMF Is Changing the Course of Myeloma in the African American Community

The M-Power project is partnering with cities across the country to turn the core vision of the International Myeloma Foundation's Diversity Initiative into a reality; improving the short- and long-term outcomes of African-American patients with multiple myeloma.

Multiple myeloma is the most common blood cancer in African Americans, who have a greater-than-average risk of developing the disease. But when barriers to early diagnosis and treatment are removed, African-American myeloma patients do just as well, or even better than, white individuals.