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Division of Hematology/OncologyJust as the body consists of a variety of cell types performing an array of functions, the Division of Hematology/Oncology defies easy categorization. Our fifty faculty members are, in varying proportions, involved in research, training, and clinical practice. We focus our energies on the diseases of the blood, problems with the blood-forming organs, solid cell tumors, and the health of the patient as a whole.
HematologyAs they plunge through the bloodstream, blood cells supply most of
the basic energy, nourishment, host defense, and custodial services
needed to sustain the life of the organism. This surging, cell-filled
liquid is a metaphor for life itself.
OncologyFor several thousand years, cancer was visible only in its outward manifestations.
It was the invention of the microscope that revealed the cancer cell itself. Complex
biotechnologies developed in the past two decades have enabled scientists to pursue,
at the molecular level, knowledge of the mechanisms that trigger cancer's uncontrolled
and deadly cell growth. Our Nation has made real and substantial progress against cancer,
particularly in recent years.
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