Cancer and Healthy

More and more research is done now about leukemia and what we know. Scientists and researchers are learning more and more as they study its causes. They are also developing better and more effective ways to treat. Adults and children with leukemia can look forward to a better quality of life and less likely to die of the disease as a result of all the research that has been done and still be done.

Leukemia is cancer that starts in blood-forming tissues of the body such as bone marrow. This year, it is estimated that another 44,270 diagnosed cases of leukemia and has caused about 21,700 deaths. That is too much. One is too many, but those figures are way, way down from what they were only a few years ago. There was a time when a diagnosis of leukemia was a death penalty, but that is no longer the case, and the numbers are improving each year.

The bone marrow in humans with the disease produces abnormal white blood cells. These abnormal cells are leukemia cells. In the beginning, they work and behave almost normal, but eventually they begin to crowd out normal white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. When this happens, the blood can not do its job, which carry oxygen to all parts of the body.

There are four types of leukemia:

1. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: It is responsible for around 7,000 new cases of leukemia each year. People diagnosed with the disease are usually older than 55, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia almost never affects children.

2. Chronic myeloid leukemia: It is responsible for about 4400 new cases per year. Adults are usually diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia.

3. Acute lymphocytic leukemia: It is responsible for about 3,800 new cases per year. Acute lymphocytic leukemia is the most common form of leukemia in young children, but it can also affect adults.

4. Acute myeloid leukemia: It is responsible for approximately 10,600 new cases per year. Acute myeloid leukemia in both adults and children at about the same rate.