What is hematology?
Hematology is the treatment of blood disorders, blood diseases, and conditions with the blood. Your blood affects all other organs as it flows through the body and therefore abnormalities in your blood can cause concern. You could be referred to see a hematologist for a variety of conditions, all related to your blood and blood production:
Anemia
Bleeding disorders
Blood cancers such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma
Blood cells
Blood clotting (coagulation)
Blood platelets
Blood transfusions
Bone marrow
Cold Agglutinin
Genetic blood disorders like Haemophilia and Thalassemias
Sepsis
And more
If I have a blood disorder, why am I going to the Cancer Center?
Even if you don’t have cancer, you may be treated by an oncologist because many are also board certified as hematologists. Decades ago, the majority of medicines developed to fight cancer had bone marrow suppression as their main side effect so doctors dealing with those medicines had to understand treating blood conditions as well.
The June E. Nylen Cancer Center physicians and staff provide services for thousands of hematology-related visits each year. We are dedicated to your personalized blood-related care just as we are to our cancer patients.