Blood, lymph and cancer
(Haematology & Oncology)

• Interpreting an abnormal blood film
• Anaemia: classification, pathology and management
  • Iron deficiency anaemia
  • Thalassaemias
  • Sideroblastic anaemia
  • Megaloblastic anaemia (Folate and B12 deficiency anaemia)
  • Aplastic anaemia
  • Haemolytic anaemias
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
• Haematological malignancies and myeloproliferative disorders
  • Leukaemia
  • Myelodysplastic syndrome
  • Myeloproliferative disorders (polycythaemia, essential thrombocytosis)
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Lymphomas (Non
  • Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s)
• Bleeding disorders
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic pathways
  • Platelet bleeding disorders (Von Willebrand disease, ITP_
  • Coagulation disorders (haemophilia)
• Anticoagulation
• Breast cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Colon cancer
• Lung cancer