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Can you donate bone marrow?
Yes, you can donate bone marrow if agreed. A large needle is injected into the lower half of the spine(around the tailbone) and bone marrow is taken and used for the needed purpose. If you have ever watched 'My Sisters Keeper' you will find that the girl that has took cancer has bone marrow donated to her from her little sister.
What is the soft part on the bone called?
The innermost part of the bone in called the Bone Marrow or inner bone
What can cause hypercellular bone marrow?
hy·per·cel·lu·lar·i·ty : The presence of an abnormal excess of cells (as in bone marrow)
What system is the bone marrow from?
well bone marrow is a substance that is inside of the bone, so there for bone marrow is part of the skeletal system.
What bone marrow is used in a bone marrow transplant?
the purpose of the bone marrow is to make up the bone
Does bone marrow give cancer?
Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow.
Is there a cure for bone marrow?
Bone marrow is not a disease. It is the stuff inside bones where blood cells are made.
Where can you get luekemia?
Leukemia by definition is cancer of the blood or bone marrow, so you "get" it in your blood or bone marrow.
What is a bone marrow be specific?
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.
What is luekaemia?
its a cancer of the blood or bone marrow
What is the cancer of the bone?
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.
A disease resulting from abnormal proliferation of stem cells in bone marrow?
This cancer type is called myeloma.
What is the other name for leukemia?
Second name for the leukemia is blood cancer or bone marrow cancer characterized by abnormal increase in blood cells usually leukocytes.
Is their a cure for bone cancer?
No.
What is leukmia?
Leukemia is cancer in the bone marrow or blood.
What is the medical term meaning cancer of the bone?
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.
Why would one have a bone marrow transplantation?
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.
