(Revlimid) An immunomodulatory and anti-angiogenic agent, this drug slows the growth of blood vessels feeding abnormal cells and kills
abnormal cells in the bone marrow.
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The cancerous
cells win out over the healthy blood
cells in the
bone marrow, which
in turn leads to kidney problems when the cancer
cells make
abnormal proteins instead of antibodies.
In APL, immature white blood cells called promyelocytes increase in abnormal numbers and accumulate in the bone marro
In APL, immature white blood
cells called promyelocytes increase
in abnormal numbers and accumulate in the bone marro
in abnormal numbers and accumulate
in the bone marro
in the
bone marrow.
In diseases like leukemia, a kind of cancer, the
bone marrow produces
abnormal blood
cells.
The diagnosis of multiple myeloma is made by the presence of elevated
abnormal plasma
cells in the
bone marrow.
In this type of plasma
cell neoplasm, less than 10 % of the
bone marrow is made up of
abnormal plasma
cells and there is no cancer.
In addition, the cells in the blood and bone marrow (also called» myelo») usually look abnormal (or «dysplastic»), hence the name «Myelodysplastic» Syndrome
In addition, the
cells in the blood and bone marrow (also called» myelo») usually look abnormal (or «dysplastic»), hence the name «Myelodysplastic» Syndrome
in the blood and
bone marrow (also called» myelo») usually look
abnormal (or «dysplastic»), hence the name «Myelodysplastic» Syndromes.
Multiple myeloma
cells are
abnormal plasma
cells (a type of white blood
cell) that build up
in the
bone marrow and form tumors
in many
bones of the body.
Blast
cells are the immature white blood
cells that become
abnormal and accumulate
in the
bone marrow and blood
in cases of leukemia.
When white blood
cells multiply
in an
abnormal and uncontrolled way, these immature
cells take over, literally crowding the
bone marrow thereby preventing it from producing healthy blood
cells and causing a shortage of red blood
cells.