A cancer arising from the plasma cells in the bone marrow. The plasma cells in patients with myeloma form abnormal antibodies, possibly damaging the bone, bone marrow, and other bodily organs. Also known as multiple myeloma.
A tumor derived from myeloid cells. Used in monoclonal antibody production when the myeloma cell can produce immunoglobulin.
A neoplasm of B lymphocytes that manifests itself as the derivative cells referred to as plasma cells. The disease usually starts in the marrow, which is replaced by malignant plasma cells. The malignant plasma cells make a monoclonal immunoglobulin, the detection of which may be very helpful in diagnosis. The cells secrete chemicals that stimulate the overactivity of bone-dissolving cells, called osteoclasts, leading to osteoporosis and brittle bones that fracture easily.
a malignant tumor of the bone, often multiple, and characterized by the presence of a specific type of cell.
A cancer of bone marrow plasma cells. Cancerous plasma cells are called myeloma cells.
Cancer of the cells of immune system.
A type of cancer that occurs in blood-making cells found in the bone marrow.
a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow
a tumor of the bone marrow that can be adapted to grow permanently in cell culture
Cancer of the bone marrow, especially the antibody producing cells in the bone marrow.
cell is a tumour cell that originated or was derived from bone marrow.
A tumor cell derived from a B-lymphocyte and capable of
A malignant tumor of the bone marrow associated with the production of abnormal proteins.
A tumor of antibody-producing cells, called plasma cells, that are normally found in the bone marrow.
A tumor composed of cells derived from hemopoietic tissues of the bone marrow.
A cancer affecting cells in the bone marrow; sometimes used as an abbreviation for multiple myeloma.
A type of tumor cell that is used in monoclonal antibody technology to form hybridomas.
a tumor of B lymphocyte cells arising in the bone marrow.
a cancer of the bone marrow.
A primary tumor of the bone marrow formed from any one of the bone marrow cells (as myelocytes or plasma cells) and usually involving several different bones at the same time.
a malignant tumour composed of plasma cells of the type normally found in the bone marrow.
Cancer that develops from the plasma cells of bone marrow.
Cancer that arises in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell.
A tumour of plasma cells, generally secreting a single species of immunoglobulin.
A lymphoma produced from cells of the B-cell lineage which can invade bone.
