Leukemia

In 2017, 54270 new cases of leukemia are expected to be diagnosed. In the United States, an estimated 54,270 adults and 4,884 children, adolescents and young adults under 20 were diagnosed with leukemia in 2015 (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 2015). The most common types of leukemia in adults are AML and CLL. ALL is very rare in adults, and is the most common type of leukemia in children (Medical News Today, 2015). Leukemia Incidences are more common in men and boys than girls and women, and also more likely to occur in white people than black. Although people of any age can get leukemia, it is most common in adults over 60 years of age. Leukemia rates peak between the ages of 2 and 5 at around 9 cases per 100,000 per year and fall to a low of around 3 per 100,000 for young adults (Health Hubs, 2016).

Types of leukemia- acute or chronic: Acute leukemia gets worse very fast and may make you feel sick right away. Chronic leukemia gets worse slowly and may not cause symptoms for years. And Lymphocytic or myelogenous: lymphocytic affects the white blood cells called lymphocytes and myelogenous affects the white blood cells called myelocytes.

Leukemia is a type of cancer that sadly causes around 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. The area that it affects is the blood and the bone marrow and like most or all of the types of cancer in the world if not taken control of early it will most likely kill you.

Leukemia is immature white blood cells in the blood forming tissue of the body that is unrestricted proliferation

Each year there is an estimated 31,000 new diagnosis of leukemia (Gould & Dyer, 2011). Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Bone marrow the spongy tissue inside the bone is where the blood cells are made (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). Normal white blood cells fight infections in our bodies. In leukemia, the bone marrow is making abnormal white blood cells. The two main types of white blood cells that leukemia affects are; lymphocytes and myeloid cells (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). Lymphoblasts are the young cell that will develop into lymphocytes (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). They are classified as B- lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). B-lymphocytes make antibodies that fight infections (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). The T-lymphocytes have many functions, but primarily assist the B-lymphocytes in making antibodies (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). The myeloid, or granulocytes cells, evolve from the immature myeloblasts to become infection fighting cells. Leukemia makes abnormal cells that grow at a quicker rate than normal white blood cells. Leukemia cells do not stop growing, and do not work like normal white blood cells. Over time these abnormal cells start crowding and blocking the production of red blood cells, platelets and normal white blood cells (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society).

Leukemia can affect the lymphoid cells and myeloid cells. People diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia are over age fifty-five, it never affects the adults, the accounts about four thousand cases each year. Acute lymphocytic leukemia accounts about three thousand and eight hundred each year, it’s the type of leukemia in young children and it also affect adults. Acute myeloid leukemia accounts about ten thousand and six hundred cases each year, and it affect both adults and

Leukemia is a cancer that affects the bone marrow. The bon marrow is the soft spongy center of the bone that produces blood cells. Leukemia is found in white blood cells or leukocytes. The white blood cells help to fight ff infections and other diseases. Normally, cells produce in an orderly way, but people that have leukemia the cell production gets out of control. The marrow produces too many immature white blood cells called blasts. They are differently shaped and can’t carry out their usual duties.

Get the reader’s attention. Set the scene. Who is involved? When and where did the event take place? Parents Sara and Brian Fitzgerald have a daughter Kate who at the age of two was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia.

Leukemia is not only genetically inherited but there are also environmental factors that lead to the development of Leukemia. Some factors are smoking and hair dye because they are manmade. First of all, smoking is a big contributor to Leukemia development because of the chemicals used in cigarettes that cause leukemia. Benzene and other chemicals are carcinogens which is any cancer-causing basis. When any human is exposed to Benzene the risk of leukemia development increases because it is a major contributor. The carcinogens are absorbed by the lungs through a cigarette and make their way into the blood stream. This is where they begin to affect the bone marrow and the blood cells by causing the development of abnormal white blood cells. (Cancer Risk Relations 1)

Leukemia: A form of blood cancer, in which white blood cells multiply abnormally and circulate through the blood. The excessive large numbers of white cells deposit in the body's tissues, causing damage.

The human body is complex. There are many different systems and organs all working together at the same time without you even realizing. Things like cancer want to disrupt your body and how it works, but with today’s medical technology there is treatment for most cancers; leukemia in particular. “Leukemia is an abnormal rise in the number of white blood cells. The white blood cells crowd out other blood cell elements such as red blood cells and platelets. The elevated white blood cells are immature and do not function properly” (Movva). Leukemia interests me, because one day I plan on working in the medical field with children, but it has also played a major factor in my life over the past three years, continues to affect how I will live the

Acute Myeloid Leukemia is also known to be called AML and is the most common form of all acute leukemias out there. AML is generally an older person’s disease and it is uncommon in people under the age of 45 while the average age for a person with this disease is 68 years of age. AML is much more common in men than women and the risk of both male and female being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia is less than half of one percent. AML is rare in the diagnosis and it is estimated for the year 2018 for new patients to be diagnosed with AML is about 19,520 this is mostly in adults. The deaths that are estimated for the year 2018 is 10,670 with AML and almost all will be adults. It is said in iMedPub Journal that adults do not participate

Leukemia is caused by mutations in the bone marrow cells. The cell does not develop properly into a normal mature white blood cell, and becomes cancerous. Abnormal white blood cell is unable to perform its functions. At the same time abnormal cells begin actively proliferate. As a result, the number of cancer cells increases, and they begin to displace healthy cells. This leads to anemia, bleeding, and infection.

Leukemia comes from a mixture of two Greek words, the words are leukos, meaning white, and haima, meaning blood. This cancer begins in the bone marrow, and through time will cause high amounts of white blood cells to become abnormal. The cancer had not been officially seen as a diagnosis until 1845. John Hughes Benett had diagnosed a patient who had abnormally high levels of white blood cells. The disease barely saw public recognition in the late 1920, before that, it had only been mentioned one time. That one time happened to be the case of an Army Major, who was a surgeon stationed in Manila. His death had been noted as a type of the malignant blood cancer, Leukemia.

Red cells or RBCs is the most abundant cell in the blood. It starts in the bone marrow but then move to the bloodstream. They contain hemoglobin and carry oxygen around your body. Red cells get their color from the hemoglobin that is in them. White cells or WBCs isn’t