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When would a bone marrow biopsy be needed?
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BLOOD DISEASES: Blood diseases like anemia.Leukopenia/leukocytosis, low/high platelet count staging of cancer are common conditions needing bone marrow biopsy.
Answered 12/7/2015
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Blood disorder and: cancer. Evaluation of blood disorders and assessment of dissemination of cancer require bone marrow examination, but not necessarily a biopsy. For some issues bone marrow aspirate suffices.
Answered 7/25/2018
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