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The bone marrow is a soft tissue that is inside some of
the larger bones. It contains stem cells which develop
into the three different types of blood cell: red blood cells white blood cells,
and platelets.
It's common to be diagnosed with lymphoma at an
advanced stage (III or IV) and with bone marrow involvement.
While this might seem alarming, you should know that advanced stages
of lymphoma can be treated successfully, and that lymphoma in the
bone marrow is as reversible as lymphoma anywhere in the body.
One way to understand this is to compare lymphoma
with a so-called solid tumor, such as a prostate cancer. Here
the cell of origin of the cancer does not normally exist anywhere
but in the prostate. So when you find malignant prostate cells
in the bone marrow, you have a serious problem. Compare with
blood cells that we expect to move anywhere in the lymphatic or
circulatory system, including the "nursery" for these
cells, the bone marrow.