I don't know where you live, it is very important to be a patient at one of the major cancer centers, MD Anderson, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Sloan Kettering. Don't waste time with local oncologist. Last year a news report from US World News rated the cancer centers.
BEAWARE!!!! of INFECTIONS. My son was diagnosed with MM in June 2003, Had 3 separate surgeries for MM on his side, removed lymphy nodes from left arm, removed a leison from his lung, had 3 small tumors on his brain, after TREAMENT FROM TEMADOR they disappeared, leisons came back on his side. Treatment from Bio-chemo-theapry at Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center. Then he got an infection from the central line for treatment, caused endocarditis, infection broke off his heart caused mild heart attack, he died from congestive heart failure 4/1/05. After all this progress made from treatments he couldn't survive the infection.