A routine blood test plus a blood smear cannot rule out leukemia, but a bone marrow aspiration is needed to better confirm the diagnosis.
Leukemia is a complex type of blood cancer that cannot be effectively diagnosed with routine blood tests plus blood smears, and requires a thorough examination for better understanding. In general, leukemia is diagnosed when there is a significant abnormality in the blood count and blood smear, and the corresponding index is very different from the normal blood count, which requires further examination to confirm the diagnosis. Generally the diagnosis of leukemia needs to be confirmed by bone marrow aspiration, when the morphologic primitive cells of the bone marrow exceed 20%, the presence of acute leukemia can be determined, and the associated immunophenotyping is also required to determine the type of leukemia for a more targeted subsequent treatment.
Leukemia is a very complex hematologic malignancy disease that is very difficult to treat, so to confirm the diagnosis of leukemia also requires a thorough examination, usually in combination with bone marrow aspiration and MICM, to better confirm the diagnosis by better understanding the relevant examination criteria in various disciplines such as morphology, flow, molecular biology, cytogenetics, etc. Only to ensure a more accurate examination in The first thing you need to do is to find the key points to effectively complete the treatment of leukemia, so leukemia, must not be determined by ordinary blood routine plus blood smear, must be more comprehensive and perfect understanding of the body’s blood health through advanced instruments to be more accurate guarantee.