Multiple myeloma is a cancer that develops in bone marrow plasma cells, crowding out healthy blood cells and damaging the bones.

The blood cancer multiple myeloma, which involves infection-fighting plasma cells in the bone marrow, affects only about 1% of all cancers -- predominantly individuals over age 65. The disease ...

Mayor David Wortman announced late Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma – though the diagnosis isn’t expected to affect either his work as mayor or his re-election campaign. “Dear ...