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Types of Blood Disorders

Injections of a synthetic hormone, epoetin alfa (Epogen or Procrit), to stimulate the production of blood cells or blood transfusions may be necess...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of blood cancer. With acute types of leukemia such as AML, bone marrow cells don't grow the way they're supp...

Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

If your doctor says you have Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, it means you have a rare blood cancer that usually spreads slowly. These cancer cells...

Understanding Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -- The Basics

The differences in these two types of lymphoma are certain unique characteristics of the different lymphoma cells. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is further ...

Understanding Hodgkin Lymphoma -- The Basics

Hodgkin lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. Environment: Fewer siblings, early birt...

Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) is a cancer that affects a type of white blood cell called a 'lymphocyte,' which helps your body fight infection. ...

What are Myelodysplastic Syndromes?

Myelodysplastic syndromes are a rare group of disorders in which your body no longer makes enough healthy blood cells. Other than stem cell transpl...

What is Lymphoma?

Lymphoma is cancer that begins in infection-fighting cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes. Lymphoma is also not the same as lymphedema, w...

Follicular Lymphoma

Follicular lymphoma is a cancer that affects white blood cells called lymphocytes. After treatment, many people stay disease- free for years, altho...

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a cancer that affects your blood cells and bone marrow -- the soft part inside your bones where blood cells a...

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a cancer that affects a type of white blood cell called a 'lymphocyte.'. Your doctor will give you a blood te...

B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia for Adults

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a cancer that affects your 'B lymphocytes' -- white blood cells that grow in the soft center of your bones, ...