Researchers at Indiana University are going the distance to find a cure for multiple myeloma.
We are home to some of the top myeloma researchers in the world, and we’re closing in on the disease from multiple angles. Already, patients are living longer with fewer debilitating side effects. We want to push forward with research that allows patients to live with the certainty that their myeloma can be controlled – or even cured.
Leading the charge—and sometimes the pack of cyclists riding for a cure—is Rafat Abonour, MD, who goes to extraordinary distances for his patients.
Rafat Abonour’s commitment to curing multiple myeloma is unwavering. Each year, he leads a ride for research and enhanced patient care—a ritual that binds him closer to the patients he has lost and those he is trying to save.
Each fall, Rafat Abonour, MD, and his fellow Miles for Myeloma cyclists—a crew made up of myeloma researchers and medical caregivers, family members of patients and even a couple of patients themselves—set out on the annual Miles for Myeloma ride.
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Greg Tamer lost his father to multiple myeloma at a young age. Years later, Greg would fight his own battle with the disease. Discoveries in cancer research are allowing Greg to live a full life.
