jd Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Hey all, My dad is having a bone marrow test. Does anyone know why they would do this? Has anyone else heard of anyone doing this. He has stage 4 lung cancer, met to the brain, return of mets to the brain, lung tummor regrowing......... Just curious....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 I.had.a.bone.marrow.test.done.after.diagnosis.and.before.starting.chemo. My.onc.said.it.was.more.definitive.than.just.a.bone.scan,to.make.sure.the.cancer.hadn't.spread.to.the.bones. I.guess.a.scan.could.miss.a.bone.met....but.IF.cancer.is.in.the.bones. somewhere,apparently.a.marrow.test.would.indicate.that. Could.be.that.your.dad's.onc.is.just.super.cautious,like.mine....and.wants.to.be.sure.the.bones.are.clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roseymac Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Hi JD, Have your Dads blood counts been down for a while? The Doctors had told my husband after he had 5 weeks of low platelets they wanted to do a bone marrow to make sure the cancer didn't go there interfering with his making new platelets. Happily after 6 weeks they finally went up to 115 at least enough to do the chemo and know the marrow was still doing it's job. Rosemary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd Posted August 18, 2004 Author Share Posted August 18, 2004 Why would spread to bones make a difference in chemo treatment? He is having a PET scan as well...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Jamie, The bone marrow is where all the new blood cells come from...... Other than that I don't know. XOXOXOXOX Prayers always, MaryAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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