Leukemia

Childhood Leukemia Linked To Birth Weight
by eNotAlone.com
A new study published earlier this week says that there may be an association between birth weight and an increased risk of overall leukemia. According to the new evidence, high birth weight is linked to overall leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Children's Leukemia Can Be Cured Without Radiation
by eNotAlone.com
Children can be cured of the most common form of leukemia without undergoing radiation therapy that can cause brain damage, U.S. researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reported earlier this week.

Green Tea - New Hope For Leukemia Patients
by eNotAlone.com
According to Mayo Clinic scientists, drinking green tea could be a new hope for thousands of leukemia patients. The experts claim that they have established a positive link between the chemical epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an active antioxidant

Dangers of Smoking During Pregnancy
by eNotAlone.com
Australia's New South Wales Cancer Institute in its study has come to the conclusion that pregnant women who smoke greatly increase the risk their child will develop a life-threatening cancer, such as leukemia (cancer of the blood or bone marrow).

Human Tissue Transplants : The Demand, Organ and Tissue Donors
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Eye donors, who numbered more than 40,000 in 2003, supplied corneas for more than 32,000 transplants performed that year in the United States. Additional corneal tissue is used for research and training or is exported to other countries.

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

Human Tissue Transplants : Making Tissue Safer, Donor Eligibility
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA has been working to make human tissues safer since it first started regulating the tissue industry in 1993. That year, the agency published an interim regulation that called for certain screening requirements to be met before donated tissues were

Human Tissue Transplants Safety
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Over the years, the development of new processing and surgical techniques has expanded the use of human tissues. Blood stem cells from umbilical cord blood are now used in experimental therapies to treat cancers such as leukemia.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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 : 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.

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: 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.

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.

Leukemias Racial and Ethnic Patterns
by National Cancer Institute
Leukemias are cancers of the blood-forming tissues. They may be subdivided according to the particular cell type involved, the major types being lymphocytic and myelocytic (granulocytic) leukemias.

Hairy Cell Leukemia : Treatment Options
by National Cancer Institute
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Choosing the most appropriate cancer treatment is a decision that ideally involves the patient, family, and health care team. Four types of standard treatment are used:

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.