The diagnosis of multiple myeloma is made by the presence of elevated abnormal
plasma cells in the bone marrow.
Not exact matches
But
in multiple myeloma,
plasma cells grow out of control
in the
bone marrow, crowding out healthy
cells.
Being overweight or obese has been known to increase the risk of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the
plasma cells in the blood and
bone marrow that develops more often after age 60.
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of
plasma cells in the blood that causes tumor growths
in bone marrow.
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the infection - fighting
plasma cells, part of the immune system found mainly
in bone marrow.
It specifically affects antibody - producing white blood
cells found
in the
bone marrow, called
plasma cells.
Myeloma is a
bone marrow cancer that starts
in the
plasma cells.
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.
Plasma cells develop from B lymphocytes (B
cells), a type of white blood
cell that is made
in the
bone marrow.
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.