Oncology/Hematology

Oncology/Hematology usually refers to the department of medicine that sees patients with blood and platelet disorders and cancers that are treated with non-surgical therapy, such as bone marrow transplant, stem cell transplant, pheresis, or chemotherapy. Types of cancer typically seen in a hematology/oncology department would be leukemias, lymphomas, Hodgkins, non-Hodgkins, multiple myelomas and immunological disorders.