Chimeric antigen receptor-T cell (CAR-T cell) therapies have been a significant advance in the field of cancer immunotherapeutics in recent years, particularly for B-cell malignancies. Yet, this ...
In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up inside bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside large bones where blood cells are produced. Over time, myeloma cells cause damage to bones, kidneys, ...
Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML) is a blood and bone marrow cancer. A person with aCML has a disorder in the bone marrow cells responsible for producing blood ...
Multiple myeloma is an uncommon cancer affecting plasma cells in the bone marrow. Tumors in the bones and other organs can cause the cells to grow out of control. A complication of this cancer is ...
In this issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) presents a larger randomized study, E3A06, of lenalidomide versus observation in SMM, using lenalidomide as ...
Myelosuppression, or bone marrow suppression, is defined as a decrease in the ability of the bone marrow to produce blood cells. This may result in a lack of red blood cells (anemia), white blood ...
Bone marrow is a spongy tissue found inside some of your bones. Your body uses it to make white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Bone marrow is the soft tissue in your bones that makes and ...
Bone marrow is the soft, fatty center of some bones in the body. It contains stem cells that become various blood and immune cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Each of ...