Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients aged 18 and up with suspected/confirmed MDS cases referred to BM evaluation either for diagnosis or risk assessment due to cytopenia 2. Platelets \< 150 × 10E9/L or 3. Absolute neutrophil count \< 1.8 × 10E9/L or 4. Hemoglobin (Hgb) \< 13 g/dL (males) and \< 12 g/dL (female) and 5. For both sexes, no evidence of Iron, folinic acid, or B12 deficiency Exclusion Criteria: 1. Women who are pregnant 2. Previous diagnosis of leukemia; AML, MPN, ALL, CLL, MGUS/MM or any other gammopathy 3. Lymphocytes \> 5000/ul 4. Patients who are on disease-related therapy are excluded, unless they are treated with Erythropoietin or Prednisone. See Appendix 2 for the list of excluded treatments. 5. Patients who have undergone a bone marrow transplant.