Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow.
Leukemia by definition is cancer of the blood or bone marrow, so you "get" it in your blood or bone marrow.
Bone marrow is spongy white and dose not just sit in our bones. People with cancer need bone marrow transplant because the bone marrow is needed for our immune system.
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its a cancer of the blood or bone marrow
Bone marrow cancer is defined as the cancerous growth of cell or malignant cells which develop in the blood forming cells of the bone marrow which is the soft tissue in the center of the bones in the body. It is important to note that bone marrow cancer includes leukemias, multiple myeloma, and others.
This cancer type is called myeloma.
Second name for the leukemia is blood cancer or bone marrow cancer characterized by abnormal increase in blood cells usually leukocytes.
Leukemia is cancer in the bone marrow or blood.
Most cases of bone marrow cancer are a result of cancer cells entering the bone marrow from other cancers in the body, such as Breast cancer, prostate cancer, or lung cancer. The primary bone cancers are called osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Then there are other kinds of bone marrow cancers that are associated with a dysfunction in the development of blood cells that start out as pluripotent stem cells. These cncers include leukemia and lymphomas. A type of bone cancer that ocurrs in the red bone marrow is called multiple MYELOMA.
Bone marrow transplants involve replacing damaged bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. This can be used to help many stem cell related illnesses, sometimes including cancer.
cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow
No, osteomyelitis is inflammation (usually due to infection) of bone marrow and surrounding bone.