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    Malignant Bone Marrow Neoplasm

    Definition 1

    Malignant neoplasms that either originate from the bone marrow (e.g. myeloid leukemias) or involve the bone marrow as secondary-metastatic tumors (e.g. metastatic carcinomas to the bone marrow). --2003 (NCI Thesaurus)

    Definition 2

    Cancer that forms in the blood-forming stem cells of the bone marrow (soft sponge-like tissue in the center of most bones). Bone marrow cancer includes leukemias and multiple myeloma. (NCI Dictionary)




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