Why are Bone Marrow Biopsies (BMB) Used in Myeloma and What Tests are Run on the BMB Samples?

Why are bone marrow biopsies done and what testing is done on the bone marrow biopsie sample?
Bone marrow biopsies help determine what therapies patients need for certain subsets of myeloma. Most myeloma centers will do cytogenetics fish panels as a standard of care along with flow cytometry and then look at certain markers on the bone marrow.

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