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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — MRI can be used to determine the chronicity, severity and location of abnormalities in ...

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 ...

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, ...

Multiple myeloma and AL amyloidosis are conditions linked to plasma cells in the bone marrow. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer affecting the plasma cells, which are mostly in the bone marrow. MM ...

Up to a third of people worldwide have shoulder pain; it’s one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints. But medical imaging might not reveal the problem—in fact, it could even cloud it. In a ...

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 ...

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 biopsies are performed to check for cancer and other diseases that impact your blood. A bone marrow biopsy is performed by inserting a large needle into your bone, usually your hip bone, ...