About blood cancer

Cancerous cells in the blood prevent your blood from carrying out its normal functions, such as fighting infection, delivering oxygen around your body, and clotting to stop bleeding. Blood cancers can also spread to other parts of the body, including the lymph glands, liver, kidneys, and spleen. 

There are three (3) main types of blood cancer that affect the blood, lymph nodes or bone marrow (the spongy tissue in bones where blood cells are made).