Mariska Hargitay Opens Up About Father's Cancer Journey

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

The campaign shines a light on the unmet needs that remain in myeloma and introduces BMS's CELMoD research — an investigational approach that engages the cell's natural protein-disposal system to stimulate the immune system and enhance the killing of myeloma cells — as a new source of hope for patients and their families.

In this episode, Hargitay speaks with CURE about her father's diagnosis and the loss that followed, why she's speaking out now and what she wants patients to know today.

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