Actor and advocate Mariska Hargitay has partnered with Bristol Myers Squibb to launch "Investigating Myeloma," a disease awareness campaign honoring the 20th anniversary of her father Mickey Hargitay's death from multiple myeloma.

The campaign spotlights the critical unmet needs in myeloma and highlights BMS's CELMoD research — an investigational approach that engages the cell's natural protein removal system to stimulate the immune system and enhance the killing of myeloma cancer cells — as a source of renewed hope for patients and their families.

Hargitay spoke with CURE about her father's story, why she is speaking out now and what she wants patients to know today.

In our season 8 premiere, actor and longtime breast cancer advocate Rob Lowe joins CURE Talks Cancer to share his grandmother's breast cancer journey, including the clinical trial that helped prolong her life after she was twice told to get her affairs in order. Rob talks about how watching her journey — alongside his mother's, great-grandmother's and father's own cancer experiences — shaped his family for generations, why he partnered with Lilly on a new clinical trial awareness campaign, and what he wishes every newly diagnosed patient knew before ruling a trial out.

CURE Talks Cancer is a weekly podcast powered by CURE, on what we do best: Cancer Updates, Research and Education. Each week, you'll hear from patients, survivors, caregivers, advocates or health care professionals regarding the entire cancer continuum — ranging from specific cancer types to side effects to the psychological strains a cancer diagnosis can have on an individual and their loved ones.

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