What Are Liquid Tumors

Health professionals often refer to leukemia and lymphoma as “liquid tumors”. Also called blood cancers, these cancers can affect the bone marrow, the blood cells and the lymphatic system.

What is the difference between a solid tumor and a liquid tumor?

Solid tumours refer to a solid mass of cancer cells that grow in organ systems and can occur anywhere in the body, for example Breast Cancer. Liquid tumours occur in the blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes and include types of Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma.

Can tumors have liquid?

Lymphomas and leukemias are examples of “liquid tumors” – or cancers present in body fluids (the blood and bone marrow), and are detectable by blood laboratory tests.