A Beginner's Guide to Blood Cancers and Their Treatments
There's a word starting with the letter C that a lot of people fear, and that's none other than cancer. You may know of someone in your family or among your group of friends who has it. Simply put, cancer is a medical condition where there's an uncontrolled and abnormal growth, division, and spreading of the cells. Cancer comes in many different forms depending on which part of the body it affects. A certain kind involves the blood. Detailed discussions on blood cancers can be found in hematology CME courses. But if you want to cover the basics, keep reading: Most Common Types Leukemia occurs when the white blood cell count is higher than usual. As a backgrounder, these are part of the immune system and are responsible for fighting infections and diseases. When there's too many of them in a person's system, they compromise the production of healthy red blood cells. Lymphoma is a condition affecting a specific kind of white blood cell called lymp...