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What type of follow-up care do you or a relative receive for multiple myeloma?

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Follow-up care

You'll need regular checkups after treatment for multiple myeloma. Checkups help ensure that any changes in your health are noted and treated if needed. If you have any health problems between checkups, you should contact your doctor.

Your doctor will check for return of cancer. Even when the cancer seems to have been completely destroyed, the disease sometimes returns because undetected myeloma cells remained somewhere in the body after treatment. Also, checkups help detect health problems that can result from cancer treatment.

Checkups may include a careful physical exam, blood tests, x-rays, or bone marrow biopsy.

You may want to ask your doctor these questions after you have finished treatment:

  • How often will I need checkups?


  • Which follow-up tests do you suggest for me?


  • Between checkups, what health problems or symptoms should I tell you about?
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