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Colin Powell's cancer: What is multiple myeloma? - Fox News
Oct 19, 2021 1 min, 2 secs

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died Monday at age 84 due to complications of COVID-19, had multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that impairs the body’s ability to fight infections and to respond well to vaccines.

The cancer attacks plasma cells: white blood cells that make antibodies to protect from infections, according to the U.S.

The cells grow too much in myeloma, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that produce platelets and red and white blood cells.

The Mayo Clinic says nausea, constipation, loss of appetite, mental fogginess, weight loss, excessive thirst and weakness or numbness in the legs are also signs of multiple myeloma

The clinic said complications of multiple myeloma include reduced kidney function, bone problems and anemia

The American Cancer Society (ACS) says it is difficult to diagnose multiple myeloma early as the disease often causes no symptoms until it reaches an advanced stage or vague symptoms that seem to be caused by other diseases

The National Cancer Institute showed multiple myeloma accounted for 1.8% of new cancers in the U.S

The cancer’s five-year survival rate, or the percentage of people who live five years or more after their initial cancer diagnosis, is 55.6% and around 2% of national cancer deaths are a result of multiple myeloma

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