Mariska Hargitay Talks About Her Father's Myeloma

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.