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I was sent a link by Myeloma UK as its Myeloma Awareness Week, so they are hoping people will do something to raise funds and further awareness of what is still an incurable bloody disease.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This one liner rather stood out for both its 'good' news (albeit from a very low base so it's not massively something to shout about) and the shocking stat:<\/span><\/p>\n Survival rates are improving faster in myeloma than in any other cancer, but lack of <\/span>awareness means that 1 in 5 patients still die within 60 days of diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Man, feeling all the more lucky today. Jeez… x<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was sent a link by Myeloma UK as its Myeloma Awareness Week, so they are hoping people will do something to raise funds and further awareness of what is still an incurable bloody disease. This one liner rather stood out for both its 'good' news (albeit from a very low base so it's […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n