Services
The Center for Hematology at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center focuses on the treatment and research of all disorders of the blood.

• The Center provides multidisciplinary, comprehensive care for patients, including evaluation and diagnosis of all hematologic conditions using the Center's extensive support services of hematopathologists, molecular medicine specialists and laboratory tests.
• It is a core site for the NIH-sponsored Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis (TMH) Network, a national group of hematologists and transfusion medicine specialists that is conducting clinical trials in a wide range of hematological disorders.
  

Treatments
Our Center is committed to offering a variety of services such as:

• Diagnostic consultation
  Principle or second opinion analysis
• Therapeutic planning and comprehensive care
  Coordinated and multidisciplinary care including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, bone marrow transplantation and novel approaches
• Access to new agents and treatment modalities
  Participating in national and international studies of new drugs
• Education
  Hematologists are available to educate patients with regard to chronic inherited hematologic conditions or the care of other chronic blood problems.
• Hematopathology Review
  A staff of expert hematopathologists is available to review material obtained here or elsewhere to confirm hematologic diagnoses and/or to provide additional pathology services.
• Comprehensive laboratory evaluation including molecular and biochemical tests
  Extensive laboratory support is available through clinical immunology, coagulation laboratory, molecular medicine and transfusion medicine to provide the large array of laboratory tests which are necessary in the diagnosis and treatment of most blood disorders
• Transfusion support service
  Outpatient services are available to provide episodic or routine infusions of red blood cells, platelets, hematopoietic growth factors, coagulation factors, as well as to provide plasmapheresis, plasma exchange, and other cell therapeutic procedures.
• Specialized centers of hematologic interest
  Specialized centers are available for the treatment of several specific hematologic diagnoses: sickle cell disease, Gaucher's disease, thrombosis and hemostases
• Telephone consultation service for physicians
  Many hematologic conditions are uncommon or rare, but initial or possibly complete evaluation may be provided through the local physician caring for a patient. Referring physicians are encouraged to contact the Hematology Center for specific instructions regarding evaluations which might be provided by the referring physician in order to minimize the extent of the evaluation required at the center
• Treatment of chronic hematologic conditions
  Many hematologic disorders require continuing medical intervention and/or care either through the local physician or the center. A large staff of caring physicians is available to supervise the longitudinal care of such patients in collaboration with the patient's other health care providers

Clinical Trials & Research
We are committed to providing access to the latest, most effective treatments. All patients are offered the best conventional therapies; eligible patients are also given the opportunity to participate in clinical trials that evaluate promising new therapies—often years before they become widely available to all patients.

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Support & Coping
Because hematologic disorders can impact a patient’s quality of life and place stress on the entire family, we believe that high-quality care should encompass the whole patient by addressing physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.

For additional information on all of the support groups and workshops, please view the HOPES calendar.