In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up inside bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside large bones where blood ...

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Predicta Biosciences, a precision oncology company developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic products, today announced the availability of its first Laboratory Developed Test (LDT): GenoPredicta for ...

Multiple myeloma is a relatively uncommon cancer of plasma cells ... Using this method, clinicians do not need to perform a bone marrow biopsy, which is easier on the patients. However, bone marrow ...

CT is not necessary for the initial staging of patients with MM, but is useful for directing needle biopsy for ... [80] Bone disease is a hallmark of multiple myeloma (MM), associated with bone ...

Multiple myeloma is a rare type of cancer. It starts with the uncontrolled production of plasma cells. These are a type of white blood cell in the bone marrow. Healthy plasma cells make antibodies ...

Aspiration means the doctor or nurse draws some liquid bone marrow up into a syringe. A bone marrow trephine biopsy means they remove a very thin 1 or 2cm long core of bone marrow in one piece. You ...

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer caused by a buildup of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow. As the abnormal ...

A 59-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a left rib fracture and was diagnosed with IgA multiple myeloma. The patient underwent autologous bone-marrow transplantation ...

including BCMA-targeting bispecific antibodies and CAR-T therapy in multiple myeloma. GenoPredicta is now an LDT test for bone marrow and blood specimens and employs whole genome sequencing (WGS ...