Benign Hematological Disorders
Overview
What is the Hematological Disorders?
Benign blood disorders are noncancerous conditions where your blood does not function normally. At Oncology MD Cancer Center, our team comes together from different specialties — including hematology, pharmacy, pathology, transfusion, and radiology — to develop and deliver targeted therapies designed just for you.
What is Benign Hematological Disorders?
Diagnosis
Blood tests — Doctors use a number of tests for blood disorders. Some of these tests are very simplistic and provide answers in a number of hours, and some are very specialized and only offered at a few centers in the country and provide answers in six to eight weeks.
Bone marrow tests — Doctors remove blood cells from your marrow with a thin needle to look for abnormalities in your chromosomes or genes.
Imaging tests — Doctors use ultrasound, CT, MRI, and PET scans.


Treatment
Treatment for Benign Blood Disorders
From your first visit, our team works with you to address your specific condition and needs.
Your care plan may include:
Blood/platelet transfusion
Healthy lifestyle guidance
Infusion therapies
Oral medicines
Treatments needed to enable safe surgery We will also provide a written documentation of our discussion in the form of an after-visit summary to help you understand and remember the details of your evaluation and to empower you to discuss your care with your loved ones if you choose to
