Bone marrow biopsy is a term used to describe a surgical procedure in which a small portion of bone marrow is extracted from the inside of the bones to be examined under a microscope. A bone ...

Certain disease processes can affect the bone marrow, and bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy are the only diagnostic tests that can be used to evaluate these cell lines. Evaluation of bone ...

The sample comes from the outer part of your bone. It's different from a marrow biopsy, which takes the cells from deep inside. These tests can show whether you have cancer or another problem.

Two types of samples are taken. One is called a bone marrow biopsy. It is obtained by removing a small piece of the bone along with the marrow inside the bone. The second sample is called a bone ...

In a case report published in the World Journal of Oncology, an elderly female patient was diagnosed with mast cell leukemia (MCL), with imaging showing extensive osteoblastic metastatic lesions. MCL ...

A team of international scientists has developed a method to predict the risk of developing cancer from a blood disorder common in older adults, according to a study published in the journal Blood.

During a live event, Catherine J. Lee, MD, MS, discussed the efficacy and safety results of various trials of approved agents ...

Therapy-related B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), a rare form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), may develop in patients receiving cytotoxic treatments for a prior malignancy, according ...