Hi everybody, today I'll tell you about leukemia. Well, some of you may not see that word before but that's ok. It is my job to show you what leukemia is so if all of you knew it already, what would I stand here for? Anyway, leukemia is a kind of cancer so in order to understand what leukemia is, we need some background information about cancer. Ok now, can anyone tell me what is cancer? (That right, thank you, anything else/ no sorry but I don't think so/ come on you guys, I just have 3 minutes, you are losing my time. Ok, it you don't tell me, I will tell you then.) .
Cancer is a common name of many diseases. It develops when cells in part of your body grow out of control and become irregular cells. There are more than 200 kinds of cells in your body therefore there are more than 200 kind of cancers. Too many huh? .
Right, so again, what is leukemia? It is cancer of the blood cells or we may call blood cancer. It first starts in bone marrow and develops when white blood cells turn into malignant cells and stop the growth of other cells like red blood cells, platelets and even the normal white blood cells. Leukemia can happen to both children and grow up people, but actually, it is the most common cancer in children. .
You may wonder why we have leukemia. Why do the white blood cells grow out of control like that? Well, they are my questions too and up to now, scientists don't have the answers yet but they will soon, I think. Anyway, we do know some causes of leukemia.
High doses of radiation .
Some drugs.
Viruses HTLV (human T cell leukemia viruses).
And the dangerous thing is leukemia cells have managed to subsist undetected in 5 years. So after a patient was treated very well and he is healthy again, he or she still have to see the doctor frequently in 5 years from there to make sure the leukemia cells don't return.
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Another question, how many types of leukemia? Well, leukemia has many different types and subtypes; however, there are four most popular kinds of leukemia.
Those cancers are not leukemia. ... The leukemia that adult developed is called Adult Acute Leukemia. ... The most common adult acute leukemia is acute myelogenous leukemia with about 10,500 new cases expected. ... How is Adult Acute Leukemia classified? ... Because acute leukemia should be divided into eight subtypes of acute myelogenous leukemia and three subtypes of acute lymphocytic leukemia. ...
Leukemia Types: Leukemia is the cancer of blood-forming tissue. ... Leukemia is either acute or chronic. ... Some cases of MDS over time, progress to acute leukemia. ... Some viruses cause leukemia in animals, but in humans, viruses only cause one rare type of leukemia. ... There may be a genetic links to leukemia. ...
Another main idea of Leukemia was discovered ten years after Dr. Velpeau's discovery of pus in the blood of a Leukemia patient. This new key to Leukemia was discovered by Dr. ... A few of the different types of Leukemia include Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Chronic Myelogenous (CML), and the rare form of Leukemia called Erythroleukemia (EL). ... The most common form of Leukemia is the Acute Lymphoblasic Leukemia (ALL). ...
Leukemia is an all too common occurrence in today's youth. ... "In the 1960s, less than 5 percent of children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia survived for more than five years. ... ALL leukemia has a variety of treatments but use very similar drugs and approaches for the treatment. ... A complete remission for ALL Leukemia is when test show no signs of leukemia cells in your blood and bone marrow and that your platelets and white blood counts have returned to normal levels. ...
Leukemia affects only ten in one-hundred thousand people. ... Leukemia is a general term because there is more than one known type of Leukemia, there are four known types of Leukemia, they are: *Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia or ALL is often called Childhood Leukemia and usually strikes children. This type of Leukemia often appears very suddenly. About eighty-five percent of children with Leukemia have this kind of Leukemia... * Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia or ANLL is the most common form of Leukemia in adults. ...
Leukemia affects only ten in one-hundred thousand people. ... Leukemia is a general term because there is more than one known type of Leukemia, there are four known types of Leukemia, they are: *Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia or ALL is often called Childhood Leukemia and usually strikes children. This type of Leukemia often appears very suddenly. About eighty-five percent of children with Leukemia have this kind of Leukemia... * Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia or ANLL is the most common form of Leukemia in adults. ...
The four are as follows: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). ... What is Leukemia? ... What is Leukemia? ... Leukemia 3 What causes Leukemia? ... This type of leukemia is sometimes called acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). ...
Leukemia is a disease that affects the bone marrow, blood, and other blood-forming organs. ... Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is a type of Leukemia, which affects the blood. ... They occur as a result of the immaturity of stem cells located in the bone marrow; which is why they are nowadays referred to as 'Leukemia Cells'. ... The leukemia cells however are not made to fight anything. ... Throughout this phase, the patient loses the remaining leukemia cells that were not killed off in the previous phase. ...