Also referred to as liquid tumor

• Leukemia
  • Greek: leokos=white / haima=blood
  • abnormal production of white blood cells (function =?)
  • these aren’t able to fight infection
  • healthy cells are diminishes, leads to anemia, leads to infection
• Lymphoma
  • blood cancer of lymphocytes (specialized types of white blood cells)
  • bad cells multiply in lymph nodes (function=?)
• Myeloma
  • cancer of plasma cells (whiteboard blood cells that produce antibodies)
  • cancer cells grow in multiple bones in the body (?)