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- 5. Cancer affecting the lymphatic system.
- 6. A procedure in which a sample of blood is drawn and checked for the number of red blood cells and platelets, the number and type of white blood cells, the amount of hemoglobin (the protein that carries oxygen) in the red blood cells, and the portion of the blood sample made up of red blood cells.
- 7. An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause or extent of a disease.
- 8. Fluid that circulates through the heart and blood vessels.
- 9. An area of abnormal or damaged tissue on the skin caused by injury, infection, or disease.
- 12. An innovative treatment that programs the immune system to attack cancer, it retrains our body's defenses to recognize cancer cells and target them.
- 13. Cancer of the bone marrow involving plasma cells, which are mature lymphocytes that produce antibodies.
- 14. A procedure in which blood collected from a voluntary donor is transferred into another person.
- 15. Scientific studies in which new treatments, drugs, diagnostic procedures, and other therapies are tested in patients to determine if they are safe and effective.
- 16. The study of kidneys.
- 17. The process by which blood clots.
- 18. Medical procedure where diseased or damaged bone marrow are replaced with healthy marrow. It is often performed to treat serious blood cancers or diseases.
- 19. A branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the production of blood and its components such as blood cells, hemoglobin, blood protiens, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels, spleen and the mechanism of coagulation.
- 20. Type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell).
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- 1. A group of rare diseases resulting from the over-production of white blood cells (histiocytes), which can lead to tumors and organ damage.
- 2. An uncommon blood cell cancer that originates from malignant B-cells. It is a slow-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It mostly forms in the bone marrow and can slow normal blood cell growth, which can lead to anemia and a weakened immune system.
- 3. Healthy [hematopoietic] stem cells are transplanted from another individual or they use your own stem cells to grow and produce all of the different parts of the blood that both your body and your immune system need.
- 4. The blood cells that help defend the body against infection.
- 10. A blood condition where there are not enough red blood cells or they do not function properly.
- 11. Cancer of the blood and develops in bone marrow.
- 12. A clump of platelets and blood proteins (also known as a thrombosis) that form a plug at the site of an injured blood vessel to prevent excessive bleeding. A clot may also form inside a blood vessel and block that vessel which is called athrombosis or a blood clot.