May 21, 2010 Posted by admin

Childhood Leukemia

When the white blood cells in your system have cancer it is called Leukemia. As this disease progresses, it will hinder the production of other blood cells and this will involve the platelets and red blood cells. The result of this will be anemia, which is low numbers of red blood cells.  This can cause bleeding problems because the platelets needed for clotting are in low numbers and bleeding... read more

Nov 5, 2009 Posted by admin

Transplants for Leukemia

On average, as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long, scientists say. Suggesting that for some the benefit of the complex treatment is greater in the long run, patients with acute forms the blood cancer appear to do better if they have bone marrow as opposed to blood stem cell... read more