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What cells have irregular shapes.?
Bone marrow continually produces healthy cells in our marrow. Cells that are produced irregular are most commonly known as cancer.
What is a multiple mycloma?
cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow
A disease resulting from abnormal proliferation of stem cells in bone marrow?
This cancer type is called myeloma.
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.
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.
What activity occurs in red bone marrow?
blood cells are made
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 does anemia or thrombocytopenia develop in patients with leukemia?
Hematopoiesis occurs in the bone marrow. Leukemia is a kind of blood or bone marrow cancer which disrupts regular function and production of blood cells. A person with leukemia can not produce regular, healthy blood cells and that's why this person develop anemia.
How do you spell lukemia?
The correct spelling is leukemia (blood disease).
What tissue found in bones makes blood cells?
The tissue found in bones that makes blood cells is called bone marrow. There are two types of bone marrow: red marrow, which is responsible for producing red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, and yellow marrow, which is primarily composed of fat cells. Hematopoiesis, the process of blood cell formation, occurs within the bone marrow through the differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells.
Where is marrow found and what does it do?
Marrow is found in your bones, if a person has a certain kind of cancer they can have a bone marrow transplant from another person, usually someone who realted to them. In adults, it produces more blood cells.
Why is a bone marrow transplant used as a treatment for leukemia?
Leukemia can be a bone marrow or blood cancer. Bone marrow makes white blood cells, and if it did not function properly, it would cause the red blood cells to increase, decrease, or not function. Replacing bone marrow means that the new marrow would take over the job of making red blood cells and fix the problem.
