What is a hematopoietic malignancy?
What is a hematopoietic malignancy? Hematopoietic cancers (HCs) are malignancies of immune system cells. HCs are commonly associated with gross chromosomal abnormalities such as translocations. What are characteristics of hematologic malignancies? Background: Hematological malignancies are primary cancers of the blood and blood-forming organs (bone marrow and lymphoid tissues), which includes leukemia, lymphoma and plasma cell dyscrasia. What causes hematologic malignancy? Hematologic cancers, like all malignant disorders, are caused by the uncontrolled division of abnormal cells. These abnormal cells arise from normal cells that have undergone a change, making them unable to respond to normal control mechanisms that limit their growth...