Why might you have a bone marrow test? You have a bone marrow test to check whether there are cancer cells in your bone marrow. Bone marrow is spongy tissue and fluid that is inside your bones. It ...

Patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could soon have their chances of survival doubled as a groundbreaking trial to detect the disease earlier concludes. Scientists working on the ...

A highly sensitive test that detects traces of disease in the bone marrow of patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could help double their chances of survival, a first-of-its-kind ...

Diagnosis typically involves a physical exam to check for swollen lymph nodes and blood tests to measure lymphocyte counts. In some cases, bone marrow tests are used to evaluate cancer progression. CT ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--- Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab. This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical ...

A test developed at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is linked to a 60 percent reduced risk of death following bone marrow transplantation and a 62 percent reduced risk of disease progression.

Very few reports have been published in Latin America about cytomegalovirus infection and disease in bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients. In spite of the economic, political and social difficulties, ...