Leukemia Treatments and Therapies General leukemia; Leukemia cancer
Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). It is part of the broad group of diseases called hematological neoplasms. Symptoms Damage to the bone marrow, by way of displacing the normal marrow cells with increasing numbers of malignant cells, results in a lack of blood platelets, which are important in the blood clotting process. This means peop ...
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Treatment
... Unlike other types of cancer, leukemia isn''t a solid tumor that can be surgically removed. The source of the problem is really the bone marrow. But you can''t just remove bone marrow, because it prod...
Source: MayoClinic
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Resources
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children (National Cancer Institute)
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children (National Cancer Institute)