Colin Powell's cancer: What is multiple myeloma?
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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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The cells grow too much in myeloma, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that produce platelets and red and white blood cells.
Multiple myeloma is the most common type of plasma cell tumor and develops in the bone marrow before potentially spreading throughout the body.
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