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Leukemia

Leukemia. By Tyler Chittavong. What is Leukemia?.

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Leukemia

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  1. Leukemia By Tyler Chittavong

  2. What is Leukemia? Leukemia is a cancer when your bone marrow produces abnormal blood cells. Normal blood cells die after a certain amount of time. When they die new ones grow and take their place. A person with leukemia has blood cells that don’t die. This can crowd blood cells and not allow the normal blood cells to do their job.

  3. Symptoms • Nausea • Fever • Chills • Night sweats • Anemia, • A poor immune system • Poor blood clotting

  4. Causes • Exposure to radiation • Electromagnetic energy • Viruses • Hair dyes • Other causes are unknown

  5. Diagnosis • Physical exams (Doctors check for bumps on your body) • Blood tests • Biopsy • X-rays • MRIs

  6. Treatment • Induction therapy(When doctors reduce the amount of cancer cells in your body to make the cancer vulnerable) • Chemotherapy (Medication prescribed for you mainly to treat cancer) • Monoclonal antibody therapy (Monoclonal antibodies are put in you body to target and destroy bad cells.) • Bone marrow transplant • Stem cell transplant

  7. Results Most people only live 5 years after being diagnosed if not cured. People who destroy the cancer after treatment do have a chance of it returning. If the cancer doesn't come back you will feel normal.

  8. Citations Christian Nordqvist. "What Is Leukemia? What Causes Leukemia?." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 17 Mar. 2009. Web.14 Dec. 2011. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/142595.php"Leukemia." Complete Home Medical Guide. 2004. eLibrary Science. Web. 14 Dec 2011.(2004). Leukemia. Leukemia. Dorling Kindersley. Retrieved from http://science.bigchalk.com"Leukemia; A scientific breakthrough could be the first step in a better treatment for leukemia patients." Science Letter. 05 Oct. 2010: 442. eLibrary Science. Web. 14 Dec 2011.(2010, October 05). Leukemia; A scientific breakthrough could be the first step in a better treatment for leukemia patients. Science Letter, 442, Retrieved from http://science.bigchalk.com

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