What is the medical term for "blood cancer"?

ilikeguinness

Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Blood+cancer Aug 18 09, 4:35 PM

zbeckabee

The medical term for blood cancer is hematological malignancy: Hematological malignancies are the types of cancer that affect blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes. As the three are intimately connected through the immune system, a disease affecting one of the three will often affect the others as well: although lymphoma is technically a disease of the lymph nodes, it often spreads to the bone marrow, affecting the blood and occasionally producing a paraprotein. Lymphomas, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and myeloma are from the lymphoid line, while acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative diseases are myeloid in origin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_cancer Aug 18 09, 4:49 PM

queproblema

Or, more simply, leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma. "Hematologic cancers, (cancers of the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes) include leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma." http://www.cdc.gov/Features/HematologicCancers/ Aug 18 09, 5:01 PM