Leukemia is a cancer of the blood-forming tissues that often develops in the bone marrow. It affects cells that develop into ...

Blood tests may be the first step in diagnosing leukemia. However, additional testing is usually needed to make an accurate diagnosis. Leukemia is cancer that starts in bone marrow stem cells. These ...

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) affects your bone marrow, where your body makes new blood cells. It can be hard to diagnose. For one thing, it's rare. And its symptoms look like those of ...

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, ...

A highly sensitive bone marrow test could double survival rates for some groups of younger adults with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) by helping doctors identify if they might relapse up to three ...

Your doctor tells you your multiple myeloma is in remission. But what exactly does that mean? The first thing to understand is that being in remission is not the same thing as being cured. The ...

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (WLS) -- A bone marrow transplant saved his life, and now a young man is turning into a superhero in the hopes of inspiring others to give a selfless gift. Jack Timperley has a lot to ...

Actor Cha Hyun-seung, a former dancer who is fighting leukemia, expressed his expectations for a full recovery after ...

A series of blood tests, procedures, and imaging tests can help diagnose acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Additionally, these tests can also determine its subtype and help identify the best treatment ...

It used to be pretty painful to be tested to become a blood marrow donor, but not anymore. The donation procedure has been simplified to the point where it's just a little more complicated than giving ...

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions. The new method, known ...