Patients diagnosed with a blood cancer are required to make many decisions about their care. They must decide where the care will take place and choose the physician who will take charge of care. They also may be asked to participate in many decisions about treatment. This segment is designed to provide information to assist in these decisions. There are links to other related Web sites that may assist the patient and family.
Treatment approaches for blood cancers may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell or marrow transplantation, or immunotherapy. These treatments are often given as standard care or in a clinical trial. The patient may also seek complementary and alternative therapies. Brief statements and information about each of these topics follow.
Disease Registries - Disease-specific registries follow patterns in diagnosis and treatments over time and subsequent outcomesFood and Nutrition - Nutrition topics before, during and after cancer treatment.
Clinical Trial Service - Let us help you find a clinical trial using an easy search tool
Other Disease Studies - The following are non-therapuetic studies recruiting leukemia, lymphoma and/or myeloma patients (or relatives of patients)
Treatment Decisions - Treatment decisions include choosing a treatment center, choosing a specialist, talking to the doctor about treatment and clinical trials, getting a second opinion and changing doctors.
Radiation Therapy - Radiotherapy is sometimes useful to treat localized lymphomas, especially Hodgkin lymphoma, and central nervous system lymphoblastic leukemia
Chemotherapy - Learn about the most common form of treament for blood cancers
Stem Cell Transplant - Learn about an important form of treatment
Immunotherapy - Immune treatments using antibodies directed against leukemia or lymphoma cells have been approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
New Approaches - Learn how state-of-the-art research is yielding promising new treatments for blood cancers
Pain Management - This section includes tips on working with your healthcare team to manage pain
Cancer-Related Fatigue - Fatigue is the feeling of being tired physically, mentally and emotionally
MRSA - Information about Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Lab and Imaging Tests - Blood, bone marrow and imaging tests are important tools that help doctors diagnose, treat and manage blood cancers, as well as many other health conditions.
Be Informed - Treatment - Many people also want to become informed about treatment options by reading medical news articles and reports of scientific studies about the safety and effectiveness of specific treatments. Read about how to understand reports of scientific research and medical news about treatment.
Blood Cell Counts - If one or more of blood cell counts is higher or lower than normal, your physician will try to determine the reason(s). About 5 percent of healthy people will have test results that are outside of the expected range for a given test. Also, several noncancerous conditions may cause blood cell counts to be higher or lower than expected.
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) - A number of cases of H1N1 flu have been identified in people in the United States and internationally. There is information and there are steps you can take to help prevent infection for yourself and the people around you.
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