Leukemia Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. Depending to the malignant granulocytes or lymphocytes, leukemia is classified into myelogenous or lymphoblastic leukemia. Bone marrow is soft tissue inside the hollow center of major bone. including spine, pelvis, under arm, leg. etc. There are two types of leukemia, chronic and acute, which are treated differently and have different symptoms. Acute leukemia rapidly progresses and needs immediate, aggressive treatment. Chronic leukemia can take months or years to show symptoms and may not need immediate treatment but will require ongoing monitoring. Causes and Risk Factors 1. Age Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) occurs mostly in adults with increased risk with age. 2. Gender Men have an increased risk of Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) than that of women. 3. Radiation Children with previous high dose of radiotherapy and chemotherapy have an increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 4. Exposure to environment c...