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Leukemia

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, characterized by an abnormal increase in immature white blood cells. It is a broad term covering different diseases and is considered a hematological neoplasm. Leukemia is generally treated through chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone treatment, or bone marrow transplant, with cure rates depending on the type and the patient's age. In 2000, around 256,000 people worldwide developed leukemia and 209,000 died from it, with about 90% of cases occurring in adults.

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Leukemia

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, characterized by an abnormal increase in immature white blood cells. It is a broad term covering different diseases and is considered a hematological neoplasm. Leukemia is generally treated through chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone treatment, or bone marrow transplant, with cure rates depending on the type and the patient's age. In 2000, around 256,000 people worldwide developed leukemia and 209,000 died from it, with about 90% of cases occurring in adults.

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Leukemia /lukimi/ (American English) or leukaemia (British English) is a type of cancer of

the blood or bone marrowcharacterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood


cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. In turn, it is part
of the even broader group of diseases affecting the blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid system,
which are all known as hematological neoplasms.
Leukemia is a treatable disease. Most treatments involve chemotherapy, medical radiation
therapy, hormone treatments, or bone marrow transplant. The rate of cure depends on the type
of leukemia as well as the age of the patient. Children are more likely to be permanently cured
than adults. Even when a complete cure is unlikely, most people with a chronic leukemia and
many people with an acute leukemia can be successfully treated for years. Sometimes, leukemia
is the effect of another cancer, known as blastic leukemia, which usually involves the same
treatment, although it is usually unsuccessful.
Leukemia can affect people at any age. In 2000 approximately 256,000 children and adults
around the world had developed some form of leukemia, and 209,000 have died from it.
[1]
About
90% of all leukemias are diagnosed in adults.
[2]

The name comes from Ancient Greek leukos "white", and haima "blood"
[3]

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