title: Bone marrow metastases.
abstract: This article discusses the clinical significance of bone marrow metastases and the current methods being used to detect tumor cells in marrow. The strategies being investigated for eradicating cancer cells from marrow in patients receiving hematopoietic cell autografts also are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Bone Marrow Transplant Program, University of Colorado, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Shpall
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cagnoni
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gehling
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hami
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bearman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D019046:Bone Marrow Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D016465:Bone Marrow Purging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000628:therapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000628:therapy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous