27 November 2024 (Wednesday) - AML DIagnostics

Oh, I am so out of date… look at this article from the nice people at Oncology Central about the latest genetic testing in making the diagnosis and assessing the prognosis in cases of AML.
Back in the day we’d go to the patient’s bedside with the consultant haematologist who would bore a hole in their chest and suck out some bone marrow. They’d give us a syringe full of the stuff. We’d make smears of it, and (once it was dry) we’d run two through the staining machine twice, and do a sudan black stain on another.
 
I suppose that realizing I’m out of date is a good thing… now I know where to direct myself.

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