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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Bone marrow sampling encompasses two principal methods: aspiration of liquid marrow and trephine (core) biopsy. Aspiration involves withdrawal of a small volume of marrow via a fine needle, yielding ...

A bone marrow transplant, or stem cell transplant, places blood stem cells back into the body. The transplant replaces cells that cancer or treatments have destroyed. People may have a bone marrow ...

The University of Utah Hematopoietic Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute provides comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art care for patients with these types of ...