Amyloidosis
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ON THIS PAGE: You will find some helpful links to other areas of Cancer.Net that provide information about care and treatment for people with amyloidosis and other serious medical conditions. This is the final page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Amyloidosis. To go back and review other pages, use the menu.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some questions to ask your doctor or other members of your health care team to help you better understand your diagnosis, treatment plan, and overall care. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about steps to take to help cope with physical, social, and emotional side effects. Use the menu to see other pages.
Every treatment can cause side effects or changes to your body and how you feel. For many reasons, people don’t experience the same side effects even when given the same treatment. This can make it hard to predict how you will feel during treatment.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find information about the estimated number of people who will be diagnosed with amyloidosis each year. You will also read general information on surviving the disease. Remember survival rates depend on several factors, and no 2 people are the same. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of a medical problem. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about your medical care after amyloidosis treatment is completed and why this follow-up care is important. Use the menu to see other pages.
Care for people diagnosed with amyloidosis does not end when active treatment has finished. Your health care team will continue to check to see if amyloidosis has come back, manage side effects, and monitor your overall health. This is called follow-up care.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done to learn more about this condition and how to treat it. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors are working to learn more about amyloidosis, ways to prevent it, how to best treat it, and how to provide the best care to people diagnosed with amyloidosis. The following areas of research may include new options for patients through clinical trials. Always talk with your doctor about the diagnostic and treatment options best for you.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about clinical trials, which are the main way that new medical approaches are tested to see how well they work. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors and scientists are always looking for better ways to care for patients with amyloidosis. To make scientific advances, doctors create research studies involving volunteers, called clinical trials. Every drug that is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was tested in clinical trials.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about the different ways doctors use to treat people with this condition. Use the menu to see other pages.
Often, the most effective treatment for amyloidosis is to treat and control the underlying disease, if there is one.