Leukemia

Types of leukemia

There are four main types of leukemia which are common and one rare type. Leukemia cancer that is found in the blood cells, but it begins in bone marrow. The four main types of leukemia are Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Hairy Cell Leukemia is the fifth […]

Signs and symptoms of leukemia

Leukemia is a type of cancer affecting the body’s blood-forming tissues, more commonly known as the bone marrow and lymphatic systems. There are different types of leukemia—some occur more commonly in children, some occur more commonly in adults. The reason that leukemia is so bad is because it affects the body’s natural fighting cells (the […]

Leukemia

When many people hear “leukemia” they may automatically think of it as a disease only children get. This is not the case because leukemia is cancer of the blood cells which are made in the bone marrow and everyone has bone marrow. Blood cells include the white blood cells that fight infection, red blood cells […]