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1. Leukemia is a cancer of the early blood-forming cells. Most often, Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells, but some Leukemias start in other blood cell types.

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2. What Is Leukemia? Leukemia is a blood cancer caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in your body

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3. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow. Bone marrow produces blood cells

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4. Leukemia can develop due to a problem with blood cell production

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5. Leukemia is a cancer of blood or blood-forming cells (and therefore sometimes referred to as blood cancer). While the exact cause (s) of Leukemia is not known, risk factors have been identified, including radiation exposure, certain chemotherapy for cancer, smoking, family history of Leukemia, and exposure to certain chemicals such as benzene.

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6. Leukemia is a broad term for cancers of the blood cells

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7. The type of Leukemia depends on the type of blood cell that becomes cancer and whether it grows quickly or slowly

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8. Leukemia occurs most often in adults older than 55, but it is also the most common cancer in children younger than 15

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9. Leukemia is a group of cancers of the blood affecting the white blood cells

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10. In Leukemia, white blood cell production becomes abnormal in the bone marrow

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11. Leukemia Leukemia is a type of cancer found in your blood and bone marrow and is caused by the rapid production of abnormal white blood cells

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12. Leukemia can be either acute or chronic.

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13. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) is a global leader in the fight against cancer

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14. The LLS mission: Cure Leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

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15. Leukemia develops when the DNA in blood cells called leukocytes mutate or change, disabling their ability to control growth and division

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16. Leukemia symptoms often vary depending on the type of Leukemia diagnosed

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17. The symptoms of Leukemia may be very subtle at first and include fatigue, unexplained fever, abnormal bruising, headaches, excessive bleeding (such as frequent nosebleeds), unintentional weight loss, and frequent infections, to name a few.These, however, can be due to a wide range of causes.

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18. Leukemia is cancer that affects blood cells

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19. There are several types and subtypes of Leukemia, and each of them strikes different types of blood cells

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20. The chance of recovering from this cancer—called your prognosis—depends greatly on the specific type of Leukemia

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21. Understanding Your Leukemia Prognosis

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22. Learn about the risk factors for acute lymphocytic Leukemia and if there are things you might be able to do to help lower your risk

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23. Know the signs and symptoms of acute lymphocytic Leukemia

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24. Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood cells and bone marrow, a tissue inside bones where blood cells are made.

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25. Leukemia can be divided into the following types: Acute lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) It is a rapidly progressing type of Leukemia where healthy cells are replaced by immature cells that divide rapidly and replace fully functional white blood cells

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26. Immature cells in acute lymphoblastic Leukemia are lymphocytes, and they typically invade tissues

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27. Leukemia is a form of blood cancer that impedes the normal production of white blood cells in the bone marrow

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28.   In Leukemia, abnormal cells crowd out healthy cells, affecting their ability to fight infection

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29. Leukaemia (sometimes spelt as Leukemia) is a cancer of the blood cells

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30. Leukemia is broadly categorized as acute or chronic

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31. Acute Leukemias are more aggressive and involve immature blood cells, whereas chronic Leukemias tend to develop more slowly and involve mature blood cells

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32. Leukemia is further classified by the type of cells that are affected, with the four main types being: Acute lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)

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33. Leukemia is cancer of the bone marrow and lymphatic system, and affects both children and adults

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34. In Leukemia, abnormal cells, produced by the bone marrow, begin to overtake and replace the normal blood and marrow cells.

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35. Specialists from all areas of Leukemia care work together to design a treatment plan especially for you

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36. Bringing together experts in chemotherapy, immunotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, and quality-of-life issues helps us choose the combination of therapies that will most effectively treat the Leukemia and provide you with the best outcome possible.

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37. Adult acute lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell)

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38. Adult acute lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL; also called acute lymphocytic Leukemia) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow

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39. Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells

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40. In Leukemia, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells

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41. There are different types of Leukemia, including

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42. Leukemia is a cancer that develops in bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside most bones

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43. In patients with Leukemia, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells

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44. Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that develops in bone marrow, where blood cells are made

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45. The symptoms of Leukemia can vary widely, including …

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46. Leukemia Research is an international journal which brings comprehensive and current information to all health care professionals involved in basic and applied clinical research in hematological malignancies

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47. Leukemia is a general term for cancers that affect a person’s blood or bone marrow

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48. Different Leukemia types exist, but many cause similar signs …

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49. Leukemia is the result of the rapid overproduction of abnormal white blood cells

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50. Leukemia is the most common type of blood cancer in people older than 55

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51. Leukemia, a cancer of the blood-forming tissues characterized by a large increase in the numbers of white blood cells in the circulation or bone marrow

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52. There are different types of Leukemia, which are defined as either acute or chronic and as either myelogenous or lymphocytic

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53. Learn more about the types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Leukemia.

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54. Leukemia is the seventh leading cause of cancer death in the United States

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55. Death Rate per 100,000 Persons by Race/Ethnicity & Sex: Leukemia

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56. The type of Leukemia is determined by where the cell is in the stage of development when it becomes malignant, or cancerous

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57. If the Leukemia is among these cells, it is called acute lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).

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58. Leukemia, also known as blood cancer is a bit different from other types of cancer, and it may become a bit difficult to understand at first

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59. Instead of having a tumor in one organ growing larger and larger, and then spreading to other tissues, in Leukemia cancer starts in …

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60. Acute promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) is an aggressive type of acute myeloid Leukemia in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells (promyelocytes) in the blood and bone marrow

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61. In Leukemia, there is an overproduction of blast cells

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62. When Leukemia is diagnosed, these blast cells may be called Leukemia cells

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63. There are many different types of Leukemia.

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64. Leukemia treatment falls into two categories -- treatment to fight the cancer and treatment to relieve the symptoms of the disease and the side effects of the treatment (supportive care)

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65. The most widely used antileukemic treatment is chemotherapy, that is, the use of powerful drugs to kill Leukemia cells

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66. Leukemia [loo-ke´me-ah] a progressive, malignant neoplasm of the blood-forming organs, marked by diffuse replacement of the bone marrow development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow

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