Blood and Lymphatic System Terms

A drug used before autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma or multiple myeloma.

A drug that is used to treat certain skin conditions and is being studied in the treatment of cutaneous (skin-related) T-cell cancer and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

AML is a fast progressing blood cancer in which immature white blood cells accumulate in the bone marrow, crowding out normal blood cell production.

A drug that is used to decrease the number of platelets in the blood in order to prevent blood clotting.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that is usually of the T-cell type.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma marked by enlarged lymph nodes and hypergammaglobulinemia (increased antibodies in the blood).

Angiosarcoma is a rare cancer arising from cells lining blood or lymph vessels, sometimes linked to chronic lymphedema or specific chemical exposures.

An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.

A laboratory test to identify antibodies that can bind to the surface of red blood cells or platelets and destroy them.

Apheresis is a procedure that separates and collects a specific blood component while returning the remaining blood to the donor or patient.

APL is an aggressive subtype of acute myeloid leukemia marked by a specific chromosomal rearrangement and treated differently from other forms.

A condition in which the bone marrow is unable to produce blood cells.

Aspirin is a widely used medication that relieves pain and fever, reduces inflammation, and inhibits platelet clumping to limit blood clot formation.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma caused by the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1).

In transplantation, refers to a person's own bone marrow.

Belonging to the armpit, a small hollow crowded with the nerves, vessels and lymph nodes that serve the entire arm.

Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region.

Axillary lymph nodes filter lymph draining from the arm, chest wall, and breast, and are checked in infection, injury, and cancer staging.

Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region.

The cell that becomes an antibody factory, and the reason a second meeting with the same germ goes so much better than the first.