I recently broke my hip without falling and the doctor was suspiscious so he ordered a bone biopsy. It showed DLCB lymphoma that is aggresive and invasive. I don't know the stage yet utntil they do a bone marrow biopsy . Is it usually stage4 when found

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No, DLBCL is not usually

Submitted by Ross Bonander on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 15:21.

No, DLBCL is not usually stage IV when found, generally there is something symptomatic that appears sooner than that that causes someone to see a doc, and the dx comes that way. I'm curious how they differentiate between a bone biopsy and a bone marrow biopsy? I know what the latter is, but not the former.

Hi Ross..You asked what the

Submitted by lorilarson on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 12:24.

Hi Ross..You asked what the difference was between a bone biopsy and bone marrow biopsy when my hip broke? All I know is that when they removed the damaged hip they did a biopsy of the bone. And now they want to do a bone marrow biopsy in my sternum. I am feeling pretty sick too. I don't know if I mentioned I have HepC too is this common?

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I have been cancer free for 5 months. I had stage 4 DLBC and Follicular non-hodgkins lymphoma. They discovered it in my hip after almost a year of hip pain. Then it finally showed a break and the doctors found it.

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