Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

The type of cancer I chose to write about is called acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is developed through damaged bone marrow and blood cells. Stem cells form blood cells, these stem cells that form white cells start out as cells then generate into blast cells, or also known as lymphoblast. Lymphoblast then produce a cell a type of white blood cell known as lymphocytes. This damaged cell then becomes a leukemic cell and multiples into billions of cells leukemic lymphoblast cells. This then causes the number of healthy blood cells to drastically lower. The origin of the word "acute" comes from the fact that the disease progresses rapidly and creates immature blood cells, rather than mature ones. It also can be called acute lymphocytic leukemia. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a

This cancer, leukemia, is classified in two ways. One way is by the type of white cells that have been affected. The other way is by how fast the cancer can form and how harmful is it. If the cancer is developing fast it is refered

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is a cancer that primarily found in the blood and bone marrow. Because this cancer progresses slower than other types of leukemia it is referred to as chronic. This type of cancer affect the white blood cell that is known as the lymphocyte. The white blood cells that are affected help to protect the body by fighting off infection. Lymphocytes are made in the center of the bone also known as bone marrow. The lymphocytes that are produced in these patients are produced at abnormal rates and do not function correctly. Older adults are the most prone then others to getting this type of leukemia. This cancer is slow acting and it could take years before symptoms appear. People who receive treatment may live longer than those who choose not to treat it. Other types of people who are more likely to get this type are those with a family history, a Caucasian male, or if you have relatives that are either Eastern European or Russian Jew.

The diverse presentation of acute leukemia subtypes often makes specific disease subtypes difficult to recognize. Few, however, are as clinically challenging for the practicing hematologic malignancy physician to recognize as acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis (APMF). APMF is a rare type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that manifests with a rapidly fibrotic bone marrow and progressive cytopenias. Early recognition is essential, as APMF can quickly turn fatal, a consequence of the disease’s ubiquitous pathologic features, aggressive clinical course, and poor response to traditional treatments. Pathologically this AML subtype is recognizable for its heavily fibrotic marrow, increased overall cellularity, immaturity of all cell-line lineages, abnormal megakaryocyte population, and lack of driver mutations. Clinical features include lack of spleen enlargement, bony pain, fevers and other features associated with systemic inflammation.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a fast-growing cancer of the blood and the soft tissue inside the bones (bone marrow). Normally, bone marrow makes immature cells (blast cells) that develop into important immune cells (lymphocytes) or other mature blood cells. These mature cells help to fight infection, carry oxygen, and stop bleeding.

he name of this genetic disorder is called acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). This disorder causes an overgrowth in the promyelocytes, A promyelocytes is the cells in your bone marrow. This leads to a shortage of red and white blood cells and platelets in the body. In this disorder the Chromosome 13 is lost completely, There is no translocation between 7 and 15, 11,15 and 17, and 9 and 18. The mutation that causes this is the PML gene on Chromosome 15 and the RARA gene on Chromosome 17. This is a dominant trait. Some symptoms people feel in the body are fatigue, a fever, loss of appetite, and they bruise very easily because they don't have enough of the red blood cells to sustain the bruise well enough. Some people also experience bleeding,

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a form of cancer that begins in newly formed blood cells. This process begins in the soft, inner part of the bones called bone marrow. AML has many names, such as: acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia. The word “acute” describes the disease’s rapid progression. In most cases, this disease happens very quickly, giving the patients months to live if treatment is not started in time. The most common symptom is fatigue, but someother patients also have fever, bone pain, lethargy, shortness of breath, pale skin, frequent infections, and unusual bleeding. However, it is highly common for patients to suffer more with fatigue than any other symptom.

The leukemia and lymphoma society is a voluntary non-profit health care organization that’s dedicated to treat and cure leukemia and lymphoma. This organization has been around since the 1980’s. The leukemia society started from a couple named the De’Villers whose teenage son suffered from this disease. After all failed treatments and cures this couple started a nonprofit fundraising education organization in their son’s name. During this time children were dying within three months of this disease. This disease was very fatal when it started. This organization began in New York. This organization mission is to cure Leukemia and Lymphoma and to help improve the quality of life and their families. This organization mission also is to find cures

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia is a scary disease. The term “acute” means the disease can quickly spread and progress quickly and can prove fatal in months if left untreated. “Lymphocytic” simply means that it develops from immature forms of lymphocytes. Also known as Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, or ALL for short, it is a type of cancer that starts from the early form of white blood cells called lymphocytes in the bone marrow. ALL is the most common form of cancer in children, though adults can get it as well. For children, treatment results in a good chance of a cure. Adults have a significantly smaller chance of a cure with ALL. ALL generally invades the blood very quickly and has the potential to spread to other body parts such as the spleen,

Acute Myeloid Leukaemia or AML is a rare type of disease mostly affecting adults and its incidence increases with the increase in ages, although about 1.2% of cancer deaths are caused by AML [1].It’s also known as acute myelocytic, myelogenous or granulocytic leukaemia.AML is primarily caused by outgrowth and build-up of abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow which reduces the number of RBC, platelets and normal WBC. There are also several risk factors resulting in some chromosomal abnormalities which could be responsible for AML but the real reason is still a mystery. General symptoms consist of easy bruising, bleeding, anaemia, tiredness, prone to infection.AML could be fatal if left untreated and it has a very fast growth rate. Due to the

If these symptoms are observed then checkup should be required. Nevertheless, accurate diagnosis of cancer is not simple, therefore doctor will collect person’s health history and symptoms, follows with physical examination that is necessary because the symptoms may be similar to other illness. If the doctor feels it is necessary then specifics test required for gathering information about leukemia, such as Bone marrow aspiration, biopsy, Cytogenetic analysis Immunophenotyping, Lumbar puncture, and Chest x-ray. After diagnosis, treatment starts. Bartram, Schrauder, Köhler, and Schrappe (2012) found the

Leukemia is a common blood cancer that affects both children and adults. Blood work, bone marrow biopsy, and other tests are used to determine what type of leukemia is present and how advanced it is . These factors plus your age determine how to treat your leukemia. Most treatment plans for acute lymphoblastic leukemia have 3 steps. These are induction, consolidation, and maintenance.

This paper is going about leukemia and if it is deadly or not. Leukemia is the existence of a tumor that is based on certain types of cells in the blood especially the white blood cells. The number of red blood cells decreases while the number of white blood cells strongly increases. Because of this, they disrupt the normal composition of the blood .The seriousness of blood cancer is dependent on the two types. The first type is acute leukemia, in acute leukemia the blood cells do not ripen out, so they are immature. Then we have chronic leukemia, in chronic leukemia the cells mature still pretty good but slows down. The bone marrow is responsible for the production of these blood cells. The bone marrow is the factory of blood cells.

Cancer is a deadly disease of uncontrolled cell division and has the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body and affects normal functioning of the vital organs. Nowadays cancer is considered as leading cause of human death in all over the world and its burden will continue to increase due to continuous growth and ageing of world’s population (Chandra, 2012). Leukemia is one of the major types of cancer, affecting significant segments of the human population, especially children and adolescents. Based on diagnosis the most commonly forms of leukemia are acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (Goswami et al., 2014). Previously, it has been well documented

S.L. is a 34-year-old male that arrived at his primary care provider’s office today for what he states is his fourth “cold” this year. He proclaims that he has been coughing non-stop and feels congested. He denies taking his temperature but has felt occasional sweats and chills. This being his fourth visit to his primary care provider for the same signs and symptoms. At the previous visits, he was diagnosed with upper respiratory infections that only antibiotics such as amxocillin seem to clear up. Other medical management he has tried has been acetaminophen for