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Leukemia (Blood Cancer )

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Leukemia (Blood Cancer )

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  1. Leukemia (Blood Cancer)

  2. Leukemia (Blood Cancer) Leukemia is a cancer of the early blood-forming cells. Most often, leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells, but some leukemia's start in other blood cell types. A person who has leukemia suffers from an abnormal production of blood cells, generally leukocytes (white blood cells). WBCs are a vital part of your immune system. They protect your body from invasion by bacteria, viruses, and fungi, as well as from abnormal cells and other foreign substances.

  3. There are two divisions if leukemias: • Chronic and acute leukemia-There are several stages of maturation in a white blood cells lifespan. • Acute leukemia is a rapidly progressing disease that results in the accumulation of immature, useless cells in the marrow and blood. They are squeezed out of the bone marrow too early and are not functional. • Chronic progresses more slowly and allows more mature, useful cells to be made. Acute leukemia crowds out the good cells more quickly than chronic leukemia. • Lymphocytic and myelogenous leukemia-Leukemias are also subdivided into the type of affected blood cell. • If the cancerous transformation occurs in the type of marrow that makes lymphocytes, the disease is called lymphocytic leukemia. A lymphocyte is a kind of white blood cell inside the vertebrae immune system.

  4. There are two divisions if leukemias: Continue: • If the cancerous change occurs in the type of marrow cells that go on to produce red blood cells, other types of white cells, and platelets, the disease is called • Rarely seen in children. About 15,000 new cases of CLL are diagnosed annually. myelogenous leukemia.

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