During a surgical biopsy, a surgeon makes an incision in your skin to access the suspicious area of cells. Examples of surgical biopsy procedures include surgery to remove a breast lump for a possible breast cancer diagnosis and surgery to remove a lymph node for a possible lymphoma diagnosis. Surgical biopsy procedures can be used to remove part of an abnormal area of cells (incisional biopsy).
Blood cancer is a type of cancer or tumor. Blood cancer hurts the blood, bone marrow, lymph, and lymphatic system. Sometimes more than one body part is hurt. The cause is usually different from other types of cancer. The way to find out if a person has this cancer is also different. The treatment is usually drugs. People with blood cancers see a kind of doctor called a hematologist (blood doctor) or oncologist (cancer doctor).
Leukemia (British spelling: leukaemia) is cancer of the blood or bone marrow (which produces blood cells). A person who has leukemia suffers from an abnormal production of blood cells, generally leukocytes (white blood cells).People sometimes confuse leukemia and lymphoma.Leukemia is a cancer of the blood, lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system (lymph glands). The word Leukemia comes from the Greek leukos which means white and aima which means blood. The DNA of immature blood cells, mainly white cells, becomes damaged in some way. person who has leukemia suffers from an abnormal production of blood cells, generally leukocytes (white blood cells). People sometimes confuse leukemia and lymphoma. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood, lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system (lymph glands).