Bone marrow metastases

E J Shpall; A P Gee; C Hogan; P Cagnoni; U Gehling; L Hami; W Franklin; S I Bearman; M Ross; R B Jones

doi:10.1016/s0889-8588(05)70341-5

Bone marrow metastases

Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 1996 Apr;10(2):321-43. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8588(05)70341-5.

Authors

E J Shpall¹, A P Gee, C Hogan, P Cagnoni, U Gehling, L Hami, W Franklin, S I Bearman, M Ross, R B Jones

Affiliation

¹ Bone Marrow Transplant Program, University of Colorado, Denver, USA.

PMID: 8707758
DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8588(05)70341-5

Abstract

This article discusses the clinical significance of bone marrow metastases and the current methods being used to detect tumor cells in marrow. The strategies being investigated for eradicating cancer cells from marrow in patients receiving hematopoietic cell autografts also are reviewed.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bone Marrow Neoplasms / diagnosis
Bone Marrow Neoplasms / secondary*
Bone Marrow Purging
Breast Neoplasms / therapy
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid / therapy
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / therapy
Sensitivity and Specificity
Transplantation, Autologous