Hematology
Welcome to your home for all things Mayo Clinic Hematology. At Mayo Clinic, hematologists work in collaboration with teams of experts from virtually every medical and surgical specialty for the care of adults and children with blood diseases, including various cancers of the blood and bone marrow.
Follow the Hematology page and stay up-to-date as we post stories, clinical trials, resources, and useful information regarding your hematological diagnosis. Post a comment and share your thoughts.
Donating Bone Marrow & How it is Used
Every year, thousands of people in the U.S. are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases, such as leukemia or lymphoma, for which a stem cell transplant is the best or the only treatment. Donated blood stem cells are needed for these transplants.
November is National Marrow Awareness month.
You might be considering donating blood or bone marrow because someone in your family needs a stem cell transplant and doctors think you might be a match for that person. Or perhaps you want to help someone else — maybe even someone you don't know — who's waiting for a stem cell transplant. Learn more about bone marrow donation at Mayo Clinic here.