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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). 1  Is a diagnosis of cancer. 2  Is a group of diseases of the blood and bone marrow, with varying degrees of severity, treatment needs and life expectancy. 3  May be primary (de novo) or treatment-related. 4  Primary MDS has no obvious cause.
In a patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome, the blood stem cells (immature cells) do not become mature red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets in the bone marrow. These immature blood cells, called blasts, do not work the way they should and either die in the bone marrow or soon after they go into the blood. blood stem cell may become a lymphoid stem cell or a myeloid stem cell. A lymphoid stem cell becomes a white blood cell. A myeloid stem cell becomes one of three types of mature blood cells: 1  Red blood cells that carry oxygen and other substances to all tissues of the body.