Can Blood Test Replace Bone Marrow Biopsy for Myeloma Patients? (1 of 5) (IMAGE)

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Can Blood Test Replace Bone Marrow Biopsy for Myeloma Patients? (1 of 5)

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Monitoring response to treatment in multiple myeloma patients requires a bone marrow biopsy, an invasive and painful procedure. New research shows that a blood test analyzing circulating tumor cells in patients' blood may offer a noninvasive alternative.

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Val Altouninan / <i>Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)

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