Professionals who specialize in this area focus on treating blood cancers with radiological techniques. Radiation therapy is not always the primary treatment for blood conditions but does sometimes play a role in the treatment plan for lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma.
Radiation oncology may be considered for the following hematologic malignancies:
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
- Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
- Cutaneous lymphomas
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia
