Discovering and Delivering Compassionate,
Coordinated Care
You can receive care for bleeding and clotting disorders (thrombosis) at our
Cancer Center of Excellence in Worcester, MA. We offer care for:
- Platelet disorders (e.g., thrombocytopenia, immune thrombocytopenia,
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia)
- Myleoproliferative disorders (e.g., essential thrombocytopenia, polythemia
vera, myelofibrosis, chronic myeloid leukemia)
- Gaucher Disease
- Thrombosis and hemostatis disorders
- Hemochromatosis, iron deficiency and other disorders of iron metabolism
- Inherited and acquired anemias
- Treatment of clotting and bleeding disorders during pregnancy
The New England Hemophilia Center at UMass Memorial Medical Center is one of
the first federally funded centers. It is part of a national network of 141
dedicated treatment centers providing care to those with hemophilia, and other
bleeding and clotting disorders.
| Hemophilia
treatment centers are recognized for state-of-the-art medical and psychosocial
services, education and research, and a setting where patients are part of the
team that makes decisions about their care. |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that hospitalizations
and illnesses are reduced by 60 percent for patients with hemophilia who receive
care at a nationally recognized hemophilia treatment center.
Causes of
bleeding disorders include genetic conditions, cancers, bone marrow
deficiencies, liver disease, severe toxicity during pregnancy and antibodies
that destroy blood-clotting factors.
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about hemophilia.
The center provides multidisciplinary services with a
family-centered approach to care and treatment. The following conditions are
treated:
- Coagulopathies
- Hemophilia
- Hereditary and acquired thrombotic disorders
- Factor V Leiden
- Protein C deficiency
- Protein S deficiency
- Antithrombin III deficiency
- Prothrombin mutations
- Platelet disorders
- Von Willebrand disease
Services include:
- Dental and oral surgery consultations and services
- Educational groups and seminars
- Genetic counseling
- Hematologist available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Latest treatment information and research
- Orthopedic and physical therapy consultations and referrals
- Nursing
- Patient advocacy
- Social work services and community resource referrals
You also have the opportunity to participate in research protocols
including:
- Phase I, II and III studies of new factor concentrates
- Clinical outcome studies
- National CDC-sponsored surveillance studies