Blood Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment

BloodCancer Diagnosis&Treatment

Dr. Dodul Mondal

What is Blood Cancer?

Blood cancer is a type of cancer that affects your blood cells. Leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma

are some of the most common types of blood cancer. There are also types called MPNs and MDS. Blood cancer is caused by changes (mutations) in the DNA within blood cells.

Blood Cancer Diagnosis?

Blood cancer detection starts with the sign or symptom of blood cancer, for example, if lymph node enlargement or infections are observed, diagnostic tests for the blood cancer should be immediately ordered. Its diagnosis mainly involves lab tests of blood. An abnormal number of cells indicates leukemia. To check the abnormality accurately, blood samples are examined under the microscope. Sometimes the diagnosis also involves taking a sample of bone marrow. The diagnosis starts with physical tests and examining complete medical history, followed by lab tests of blood, urine, and stool to diagnose any kind of abnormality that can link with cancer. If a tumor is suspected some tests are performed to detect the tumor, like X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and fiber-optic endoscopy. These tests help to find out the size and location of the tumor.

Blood Cancer Treatment?

Stem Cell Transplantation for Leukemia

Radiation Therapy

Targeted Therapy

Biological Therapy

Chemotherapy

Treatments:

Stem Cell Transplantation for Leukemia: Radiation Therapy:

In the process of stem cell transplantation, high doses of chemotherapy and radiation are used to kill all the cancerous cells. The stem cells help the bone marrow to produce new blood cells, sometimes these stem cells are transferred from a donor.

To kill the cancer cells high-energy waves are used. The therapy can be used either to treat leukemia that has grown to the brain or it can use to target the swollen spleen or any other organ that has cancer.

Targeted Therapy:

Some drugs that interrupt the particular functions of cancerous cells instead of killing those cells are used in this therapy. The therapy damages less normal cells than chemotherapy, as the therapy, stops the growth of the damaged cells than killing them.

Biological Therapy:

The therapy uses living organisms to treat cancer. It helps the immune system to get stronger and recognize and kill abnormal cells. These therapies for various types of cancer include antibodies, tumor vaccines, or cytokines.

Chemotherapy:

In this process, various kinds of drugs (blood cancer medicine) are injected into the body, either orally or through the IV routes.

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