Editing Hematology (section)

==Specialization==
Physicians specialized in hematology are known as '''hematologists''' or '''haematologists'''.<ref name="News-Medical.net-2009" /> Their routine work mainly includes the care and treatment of patients with hematological diseases, although some may also work at the hematology laboratory viewing [[blood film]]s and [[bone marrow]] slides under the [[microscope]], interpreting various hematological test results and [[blood clotting tests|blood clotting test]] results. In some institutions, hematologists also manage the hematology laboratory.<ref name="AMA" /> Physicians who work in hematology laboratories, and most commonly manage them, are pathologists specialized in the diagnosis of hematological diseases, referred to as '''hematopathologists''' or '''haematopathologists'''. Hematologists and hematopathologists generally work in conjunction to formulate a diagnosis and deliver the most appropriate therapy if needed. Hematology is a distinct subspecialty of internal medicine, separate from but overlapping with the subspecialty of medical [[oncology]]. Hematologists may specialize further or have special interests, for example, in:
* treating bleeding disorders such as [[hemophilia]] and [[idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura]],<ref name="News-Medical.net-2009" /> with the latter of these two conditions being continuously studied by hematologists due to its unknown cause.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kayal L, Jayachandran S, Singh K | title = Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura | journal = Contemporary Clinical Dentistry | volume = 5 | issue = 3 | pages = 410–414 | date = July 2014 | pmid = 25191085 | pmc = 4147825 | doi = 10.4103/0976-237X.137976 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* treating hematological malignancies such as [[lymphoma]] and [[leukemia]] (cancers)
* treating [[hemoglobinopathies]], including α-thalassemias and β-thalassemias (thalassemia syndromes) and hemoglobin S, hemoglobin C, and hemoglobin E (abnormal hemoglobins).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kohne E | title = Hemoglobinopathies: clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment | journal = Deutsches Ärzteblatt International | volume = 108 | issue = 31–32 | pages = 532–540 | date = August 2011 | pmid = 21886666 | pmc = 3163784 | doi = 10.3238/arztebl.2011.0532 }}</ref>
* the science of [[blood transfusion]] and the work of a [[blood bank]], known as [[transfusion medicine]]
* bone marrow and [[stem cell transplantation]], especially with the use of technologies to extract and isolate hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advances in Transfusion Medicine - Hematology.org |url=https://www.hematology.org/about/history/50-years/transfusion-medicine-advances |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=www.hematology.org |language=en}}</ref>