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Article: Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's MMRF Fall Gala Raises More Than $1.8 Million to Advance Cancer Research.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) raised over $1.8 million at its 13th annual Fall Gala held on Saturday evening in Greenwich, Conn. Funds raised at this premier fundraising event, attended by more than 1,000 guests, will support the MMRF's efforts to accelerate the development of the next generation of treatments for patients with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, and to find a cure for the disease (see also Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation MMRF).
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