Test Your Knowledge on Blood Cancer

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond)

Last Updated on Dec 29, 2018

Blood Cancer Overview

Blood cancer or hematological cancer is cancer affecting the normal production and function of the various blood cells. Take this quiz and learn about the various types of blood cancer.

This Quiz has 10 questions.

1. Blood cancer is a malignancy that affects the cells found in blood namely red cells, white blood cells and platelets1/10

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