accelerator
The Magazine of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation | Summer 2016
Features
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PRECISION MEDICINE:
THEN AND NOW
How data drives treatment development
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6 MMRF COMMPASS STUDY :
AN UPDATE
The seventh interim analysis
is yielding actionable learnings
8 DATABANK AND LEARNING
NETWORK CONFERENCES
Sharing information at premier
cancer conferences
Scientific Advances
People Events
4 PRECISION MEDICINE:
THEN AND NOW
16 MEET MMRF CANCER FIGHTERS
19 INDEPENDENT EVENTS
Patient Empowerment
20 CHICAGO AWARDS DINNER
6 MMRF COMMPASS STUDY :
AN UPDATE
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9 NEW DRUG APPROVALS
SIGNAL A NEW ERA
10 PROMISING NEW MMRC CLINICAL
TRIALS ENROLLING PATIENTS NOW
8 DATABANK AND LEARNING
NETWORK CONFERENCES
12 MyMMRF: HELPFUL
RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS
11 THE MMRF MOLECULAR
PROFILING INITIATIVE
21 LAUGH FOR LIFE: NEW YORK
22 MMRF TEAM FOR CURES
27 CALENDAR
MMRF in the News
14 WE ARE CHANGING MORE THAN
CANCER RESEARCH. WE ARE
CHANGING PATIENTS’ LIVES.
26 ADVANCING PRECISION
MEDICINE… BUILDING BRIDGES
ABOUT THE COVER
Generating, analyzing, and sharing data
are central to driving discoveries in cancer research
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