General Info about Leukemia

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General Info about Leukemia



Leukemia - which literally means "white blood" in Greek - occurs when
there is an excess of abnormal white blood cells in the blood. This is
a cancer of the blood cells. This is a term to refer to a group
cancerous disorders of blood forming tissues.


Normally blood is made up
of fluid and different type of cells called red cells (they carry
oxygen and carbon-dioxide), white cells (they fight infection) and
platelets (these help in clotting of blood or stopping bleeding on cut
wounds. The blood is made in the bone marrow, which is located inside
the bones.

Cancer is a group of more than 100 diseases that have two important
things in common. One is that certain cells in the body become
abnormal. Another is that the body keeps producing large numbers of
these abnormal cells.



Leukemia's are either acute or chronic, and are classified by the type
of abnormal white blood cell present. Acute cases generally develop
more rapidly than chronic cases. If acute leukemia goes untreated it
can be fatal within a few weeks or months.



However with treatment, life
can be prolonged and in some instances a complete cure may be provided.
Approximately 6-7 new cases of acute leukemia are diagnosed per 100,000
people in a year.

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