A few entries back, when reporting on my bone marrow test results, I said the test did show lymphoma in the marrow. I said, "Stage 4."
That was an error. For other cancers, if this stuff is found in the bone marrow, yes, it is described at "stage 4." But for CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia), being in the bone marrow does not constitute "stage 4."
These stages are established by the medical community as a way of establishing the degree of progress of the disease and as a guide to deciding what treatments are appropriate.
