The purpose of our study was to assess the safety and use of liver biopsy in this patient population. Methods: In total, 1700 bone marrow transplants were performed at our institution from June ...

An active and energetic child known for her love of lacrosse, jiu-jitsu, swimming and taekwondo, Kaia is now in a race against time to find a bone marrow donor — a match that could ultimately ...

I was covering the story of a little girl named Emma Routh who needed a bone marrow transplant. One Saturday morning, I went to a donation drive being held in her honor. That’s where I signed up ...

A large prospective, randomized clinical trial in patients with advanced breast cancer has found that the use of liquid ...

Myles Grimmett had a bone transplanted from his leg into his arm when he was 5 years old in a groundbreaking surgery that saved him from amputation Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...

ANKL can be particularly difficult to diagnose in its early stages due to the small number of cancerous NK cells in the bone marrow. According to some studies, this number may be as low as 5% or ...

These patients typically display (1) abnormal p53 protein expression in bone marrow cells by immunohistochemistry; (2) upstream p53 signaling aberrations (including PI3K, RAS, WNT, NF-kB pathways and ...

Medicare covers bone density scans once every 2 years or more frequently if medically necessary. If you meet eligibility requirements and use a facility that accepts Medicare, there are no out-of ...

A bone density scan can detect thinning bones at an early stage. If you already have osteoporosis, bone scans can also tell you how fast the disease is progressing. But an abnormal bone scan can ...