A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy are cornerstone diagnostic procedures within haematology and oncology, routinely employed to assess disorders ranging from haematological malignancies to metabolic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients undergoing bone marrow biopsy would respond favorably to interventions intended to improve their ...

In the staging of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), bone marrow biopsy can be omitted if patients are evaluated with 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG ...

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 ...

I am used to the procedure itself, but will never get used to the anxiety of awaiting the results. All cancer survivors go through this anxiety, no matter what type of cancer has been diagnosed. Any ...

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 ...

Mary Skrzynski Hefele, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in musculoskeletal oncology. She practices at the Portland Orthopedic Clinic in Portland, Ore. Hefele MS. Needle Biopsies ...

A biopsy is the only test that can confirm a cancer diagnosis. However, before doctors conduct a biopsy, they may take a person’s medical history, perform a physical exam, and order various imaging ...

Tetracyclines bind to newly calcified bone, and fluoresce under UV light. These characteristics can be used to assess bone formation: after taking oral tetracycline on two occasions (double labeling), ...

Between January 2016 and February 2017, we trained pathologists, pathology residents, and technologists from the University of Nairobi and Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, in FNAB and BMAT ...

Clinical trials in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) mandate that patients undergo bone marrow biopsies (BMBs) at baseline and at subsequent points following treatment in order to monitor ...