• Overview
• Understanding your Blood
• Blood Diseases and Cancers
  • Anemia
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis
  • Hemophilia
  • Iron-Deficiency Anemia
  • Leukemia
  • Hodgkin's Lymphoma
  • Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Sickle Cell Anemia
  • Von Willebrand Disease
• Testing for Blood Diseases
• Treating Blood Diseases
• Side Effect Management
• Glossary
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Blood Diseases and Cancers

Here are definitions of several types of blood diseases and cancers. The Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan treat all of these diseases, as well as several other rarer conditions.  This information was originated by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (www.nhlbi.nih.gov) or the National Cancer Institute (www.cancer.gov).

Anemia
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Hemophilia
Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Leukemia
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Pulmonary Embolism
Sickle Cell Anemia
Von Willebrand Disease