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Blood cancer

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001115

Cancer that begins in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, or in the cells of the immune system. Examples of blood cancer are leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Also called hematologic cancer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001115
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymshematologic cancer
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001115",
  "term": "Blood cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Cancer that begins in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, or in the cells of the immune system. Examples of blood cancer are leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Also called hematologic cancer.",
  "synonyms": [
    "hematologic cancer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/blood-cancer/"
}

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