Most international guidelines do not recommend a bone marrow biopsy to confirm suspected cases of ITP. A new Scandinavian study evaluated 341 patients who received a bone marrow biopsy after chronic ...

In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up inside bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside large bones where blood cells are produced. Over time, myeloma cells cause damage to bones, kidneys, ...

Liquid biopsies have generated a lot of excitement in cancer care because they are a noninvasive alternative to standard tissue biopsy. Both circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) ...

Doctors have long relied on painful procedures to diagnose and monitor certain blood cancers. One of these cancers is multiple myeloma, a disease that starts in the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the ...

Doctors can often spot bone cancer as ragged or hollow areas on an X-ray. While X-rays are usually a reliable first test, a doctor will typically need a bone biopsy to confirm a diagnosis. An X-ray ...

Collaborators from multiple research institutions shared their findings on a new diagnostic device in the journal Integrative Biology in late April 2018; the group developed and tested a less invasive ...

Comparison of somatic mutations profiles from next-generation sequencing (NGS) of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) versus bone marrow (BM) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...

A phase I study of the anti-kappa monoclonal antibody, MDX-1097, in previously treated multiple myeloma patients. Background: The latest guidelines for response published by the International Myeloma ...

Dr. John H. Stone: A 45-year-old woman was referred to the rheumatology clinic of this hospital because of retroperitoneal fibrosis and the possibility of IgG4-related disease. Seven years before the ...