What is the difference between leukemia and lymphoma?
Last reviewed Mon 30 April 2018
By Jenna Fletcher
Reviewed by Yamini Ranchod, PhD, MS
Cancer can affect any part of the body, including the blood. Leukemia and lymphoma are both forms of blood cancer. The main difference is that leukemia affects the blood and bone marrow, while lymphomas tend to affect the lymph nodes.
Though there are some similarities between the two types of cancer, their causes and origins, symptoms, treatment, and survival rate are different.
In this article, we take a comprehensive look at the similarities and differences between leukemia and lymphoma.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321692.php
