Myelodysplastic syndromes are what?

Blood disease: These are a group of blood disorders that cause anemia or problems with the white cells, platelets or all three. There are several different forms that have varied prognosis. Some are very close to leukemia. These are diagnosed on bone marrow testing. There are some damaged chromosomes that can be found with this group of diseases. Some are very treatable, and some not so.

See below...: Myelodysplastic syndrome (mds) is a form of bone marrow cancer that is generally less aggressive than leukemia but nevertheless still malignant. Mds usually evolves more slowly then leukemia and sometimes can transform into acute leukemia and become more aggressive and faster evolving.