Leukemia

Side Effects of Leukemia Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
The side effects of biological therapy differ with the types of substances used, and from patient to patient. Rashes or swelling where the biological therapy is injected are common. Flu-like symptoms also may occur.

Leukemia: What You Need To Know
by National Cancer Institute
Leukemia is a type of cancer. Cancer is a group of many related diseases. All cancers begin in cells, which make up blood and other tissues. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them.

Living with Leukemia : Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Many people died from leukemia - often within months of diagnosis - before the advent of effective treatments. Now, many more are cured (usually defined as five or more years of disease-free survival).

Hairy Cell Leukemia
by National Cancer Institute
Hairy cell leukemia is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Hairy cell leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. This rare type of leukemia gets worse slowly or not at all.

Leukemia Diagnosis, Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
If a person has symptoms that suggest leukemia, the doctor may do a physical exam and ask about the patient's personal and family medical history. The doctor also may order laboratory tests, especially blood tests.

Leukemia : Chemotherapy, Biological and Radiation Therapy, Stem Cell
by National Cancer Institute
Most patients with leukemia receive chemotherapy. This type of cancer treatment uses drugs to kill leukemia cells. Depending on the type of leukemia, the patient may receive a single drug or a combination of two or more drugs.

Gleevec: Leukemia Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA has approved a new oral treatment for people with a rare, life-threatening form of cancer under its 'accelerated approval' regulations. Symptoms of leukemia may include abdominal discomfort, bone and joint pains, and fatigue.

Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia : Stages, Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
Once childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. The extent or spread of cancer is usually described as stages.

Living with Leukemia
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Advances in diagnostic procedures and treatment regimens have increased survival rates for leukemia. Find out what the experts say about the latest research into this type of cancer that affects blood cells. Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells.

Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia : Treatment Options
by National Cancer Institute
Different types of treatment are available for patients with adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment), and some are being tested in clinical trials.

Human Tissue Transplants : Good Tissue Practice
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Quality controls begin with the recovery of tissues and extend through processing, storage, labeling, packaging, and distribution. Tissue recovery teams at Donor Alliance work in the sterile conditions of an operating room to protect the tissue

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children
by National Cancer Institute
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the white blood cells, the cells in the body that normally fight infections. There are two main types of white blood cells-lymphoid cells and myeloid cells. ALL affects lymphoid cells.

Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Part 2
by National Cancer Institute
Tests that examine the blood and bone marrow are used to detect (find) and diagnose childhood AML, childhood CML, JMML, TMD, and myelodysplastic syndromes. The following tests and procedures may be used: Physical exam and history: An exam of the body

Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
by National Cancer Institute
Bone marrow is the soft, sponge-like material found inside bones. It contains immature cells known as hematopoietic or blood-forming stem cells. (Hematopoietic stem cells are different from embryonic stem cells.

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia : Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping the cells from dividing. When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a vein or muscle, the drugs enter

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
by National Cancer Institute
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (also called CLL) is a blood and bone marrow disease that usually gets worse slowly. CLL is the second most common type of leukemia in adults. It often occurs during or after middle age; it rarely occurs in children.

Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
by National Cancer Institute
Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL; also called acute lymphocytic leukemia) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. This type of cancer usually gets worse quickly if it is not treated.

Living with Leukemia : Bone Marrow Transplants, Biologic Therapy
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Bone marrow transplants offer some people like 44-year-old Tom Kochanowicz of Omaha, Neb., the best chance of survival and, in his case, a cure. Kochanowicz was diagnosed with CML at age 38 when his doctor detected a lump in his side.

Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia
by National Cancer Institute
Leukemia and other diseases of the blood and bone marrow may affect red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Normally, the bone marrow makes stem cells (immature cells) that develop into mature blood cells.

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
by National Cancer Institute
Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a disease in which the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells. Chronic myelogenous leukemia (also called CML or chronic granulocytic leukemia) is a slowly progressing blood and bone marrow disease that usually occurs