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Hematological cancer is a disease in which an abnormal phenomenon occurs during the production of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets, which are cellular components in the blood, and cancer cells are formed.
Unlike other common cancers, cancer cells do not form lumps in the organ but spread to the blood, lymph nodes, and bone marrow. Therefore, chemotherapy, rather than surgical treatment, is the basic principle.
Actor Ahn Sung-ki There are about 70 types of blood cancer and, among these, leukemia, malignant lymphoma and multiple myeloma are representative.
Among these, the most prevalent type is malignant lymphoma, known to cause 4,000 to 5,000 new cases each year. Malignant lymphoma is also a disease diagnosed by Ji-woong Heo, critic and writer turned television journalist, who returned to the show after being treated 8 months after diagnosis.
Early diagnosis and treatment of blood cancer are important. In particular, acute leukemia can lead to death within days to weeks after onset, so timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment are important.