Hematology & Oncology

Infirmary Health’s Diagnostic & Medical Oncology and Hematology department offers specialized treatments for those with cancer or blood disorders in Mobile. As the largest advanced surgical provider in the Mobile area and with over 60 clinics and four hospitals, Infirmary Health is well situated to provide for your healthcare needs and ensure that if you have cancer or blood disorder you get the treatment that you need.

What Is Hematology?

Hematology is the study of and treatment of disorders of the circular system and blood itself. Hematologists often focus on the lymph nodes and bone marrow as well as the spleen, thymus and lymphoid tissue.

Hematologists such as our specialists at Infirmary Health often treat such conditions as:

Leukemia
Anemia
Hemophilia
Low blood platelets.
Hodgkin’s disease
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Myeloma

To diagnose and treat these disorders, hematologists are trained in analyzing your blood. They check such things as:

Blood cell count and analysis
Prothrombin time (analyzing for bleeding and clotting irregularities)
Platelet count
Blood enzyme tests

When a disorder is discovered, hematologists are trained in the therapeutic ways to treat the disease which can include a combination of medications and blood transfusions in order to restore balance in your bloods makeup and hormonal levels or remove an infection

What Is Oncology?

Oncology is the study and treatment of cancers and tumors in the body.

The types of cancers that our Infirmary Health Oncologists regularly treat include:

Breast cancer
Brain cancers
Sarcoma and bone cancers
Gynecological cancers
Genitourinary cancers (prostate, kidney, bladder, adrenal, and testicular cancers)
Melanoma
Skin cancer
Lung cancer

Infirmary Health’s oncologists offer a number of different cancer screenings for a multitude of cancers in order to catch cancer as early as possible. You should screen yourself for cancers on a regular basis as part of your yearly routine.

If a cancer is found, oncologists will begin the treatment process. Cancer treatments are usually divided into three major categories: