The average life expectancy of well-controlled myeloma is several years.

The number of years you can generally live with well-controlled myeloma depends on the specific situation, and it is impossible to make a generalization. Myeloma is a malignant value-added disease with abnormal proliferation and extensive infiltration of plasma cells in bone marrow, which is a common malignant tumor. The age of onset of this disease is between 50-60 years old, with fewer people under 40 years old, and the male to female ratio is 3:2. The common sites of predilection include the skull, ribs, sternum, and spine. The average survival of newly diagnosed patients has now increased to 45 months, and even for patients with relapse, the survival period has increased from 12 months to about 24 months. Due to the advent of new chemotherapeutic drugs and new targeted drugs, the survival period of patients has been significantly extended, even up to 10 years or more survival period. Therefore, it is important to actively cooperate with doctors after diagnosis to effectively prolong the survival period. In addition, in daily life patients should not strenuous activities, avoid excessive load, prevent falls and bruises, and high-calorie, vitamin-rich, easy-to-digest diet, face the reality, get rid of fear and smooth emotions.