1. can leukemia be prevented?
2. what are the risk factors for leukemia?
3. what are the symptoms of leukemia?
4. how is leukemia detected and diagnosed?
5. how is leukemia treated?
6. what are some side effects of the treatment?
7. What is the survival rate for leukemia patients?
8. who gets leukemia; number of newly diagnosed cases each year? percent of various groups of people getting it? number/percent of deaths? percent of leukemia cases/deaths vs. all cancers
AND ANY IMPORTANT FACTS? thanks so much!=) i really appreciate it! i would research it myself i just would like to know but i dont have much time! 10 points to best and most accurate! 1. No, because the causes are unknown
2.Signs of acute leukemia may include easy bruising or bleeding (as a result of platelet deficiency), paleness or easy fatigue (as a result of anemia), recurrent minor infections or poor healing of minor cuts (because of inadequate white cell count).
These symptoms and signs are not specific to leukemia and may be caused by other disorders. They do, however, warrant medical evaluation. A proportion of people with chronic leukemia may not have major symptoms and are diagnosed during a periodic medical examination. The diagnosis of leukemia requires examination of the cells in blood or marrow.
3. Signs of acute leukemia may include easy bruising or bleeding (as a result of platelet deficiency), paleness or easy fatigue (as a result of anemia), recurrent minor infections or poor healing of minor cuts (because of inadequate white cell count).
4.Acute leukemia is a rapidly progressing disease that results in the accumulation of immature, functionless cells in the marrow and blood. The marrow often can no longer produce enough normal red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Anemia, a deficiency of red cells, develops in virtually all leukemia patients. The lack of normal white cells impairs the body's ability to fight infections. A shortage of platelets results in bruising and easy bleeding
5.The aim of treatment is to bring about a complete remission. Complete remission means that there is no evidence of the disease and the patient returns to good health with normal blood and marrow cells. Relapse indicates a return of the cancer cells and return of other signs and symptoms of the disease. For acute leukemia, a complete remission (no evidence of disease in the blood or marrow) that lasts five years after treatment often indicates cure. Treatment centers report increasing numbers of patients with leukemia who are in complete remission at least five years after diagnosis of their disease
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7.During 1996- 2003 relative survival rates overall were:
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL): 65.3 percent overall; 90.4 percent for children under 5
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): 74.8 percent
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML): 20.7 percent overall; 54.1 percent for children under 15
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML): 44.4 percent
At the present time there are approximately 218,659 people living with leukemia in the United States.
8.It is anticipated that approximately 21,790 deaths in the United States will be attributed to leukemia in 2007 (12,320 males and 9,470 females).
There will be an estimated 4,500 deaths from CLL and 1,420 deaths from ALL. There will be an estimated 8,990 deaths from AML and 490 deaths from CML. Unclassified forms of leukemia will account for 6,390 additional deaths.
The estimated numbers of deaths attributed to leukemia in the United States are about 30 percent higher for males than females.
The leukemia death rate for children 0-14 years of age in the United States has declined 70 percent over the past three decades. Despite this decline, leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children under age 20. About 515 children under the age of 14 are expected to die from leukemia in 2007.
Incidence rates for all types of cancer are 5 percent higher among Americans of African descent than among those of European descent. The incidence rate for all cancers among African Americans, from 2000-2004, was 504 per 100,000 population, averaging about 189,922 cases each year.
Leukemia is one of the top 15 most frequently occuring cancers in minority groups. Leukemia incidence is highest among whites and lowest among American Indians/Alaskan natives.
Leukemia rates are substantially higher for Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan natives white and Asian/Pacific islander children than for black children. Hispanic children of all races under the age of 20 have the highest rates of leukemia. All the answers in the 2 links below. lazy :) |
