Hematology and Genetic Blood Disorders

Hematology Oncology

Hematology-oncology states to the combined medical practice of hematology (the study of the blood’s physiology) and oncology (the study of cancer). This type of medicine diagnoses and treats carcinomatous blood disorders and cancers and manages symptoms of these diseases and resultant tumors (if present). Hematologists-oncologists can treat:

Hodgkin lymphoma

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Leukemia

Multiple myeloma

Iron deficiency anemia

Hemophilia

Sickle cell disease

Thalassemia

Willebrand disease

Polycythemia vera

Clotting disorders