Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Treatment...Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a fast-growing cancer that needs prompt treatment. AML is also sometimes called acute myelogenous leukemia. While treatment should begin right after diagnosis, a second opinion...
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) Treatment...Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a fast-growing type of cancer that can quickly progress. It is also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Treatment for ALL is based on several factors, such...
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Coping with Blood Cancer...A diagnosis of blood cancer can change a person’s life dramatically, and living with blood cancer can be difficult, and at times, the disease may seem all-consuming. Both the symptoms...
How Are Blood Cancers Treated?...Treatment for blood cancer is customized to each person based on several factors. This may include: Not every person with blood cancer will have the same treatment. Treatment strategies for...
What Is Multiple Myeloma?...Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that develops from plasma cells, a type of white blood cell. Plasma cells are found in the bone marrow, which is the...
Lymphoma in Children and Young Adults...Lymphoma is one of the most common cancers in children. Other common cancers in children include leukemia, and brain and central nervous system cancers. Lymphoma also occurs in adults, but...
What is Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma?...There are 2 main types of lymphoma: Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a type of blood cancer that starts in the white blood cells known as...
What is Hodgkin Lymphoma?...Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is also known as Hodgkin disease. It is a type of blood cancer that starts in the white blood cells known as lymphocytes. Lymphocytes collect in the...
Leukemia in Children and Young Adults...Children and teens rarely get cancer. Of those who do, the most common type of cancer in children is leukemia. Leukemias account for 28 percent of all cancers in children...
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What Is Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)?...Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. It is characterized by the gradual increase of abnormal white blood cells called lymphocytes...
What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)?...Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. It is also called acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia...
What Is Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)?...Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer that affects the bone marrow and the blood. ALL may also be called acute lymphoblastic leukemia or acute lymphoid leukemia. This blood cancer...
What Is Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)?...Blood cancers generally affect the process of making new blood cells, resulting in unhealthy levels of blood cells. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a type of blood cancer in which...
What are Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)?...Myeloproliferative neoplasms are a group of blood cancers that develop from blood stem cells, the immature cells that can become red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), or platelets...
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)...Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are blood cancers caused by abnormal blood stem cells. These immature cells in the bone marrow normally develop into different blood cells. The 3 main types of...
Types of Blood Cancer...Different types of blood cancers affect different types of blood cells. Depending on the type, blood cancers can start in the bone marrow or in the lymph nodes. Blood cancers...
Symptoms - Feeling Full...Some people with blood cancer may experience a sensation of fullness in the belly as a symptom of their cancer. Fullness in the abdomen or belly is common in leukemia...
Bone Pain and Aches in Arms, Legs, or Joints...One of the symptoms that can be caused by many blood cancers is pain. The pain might be in the arms, legs, or joints. The joints may also swell or...