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The 5 Types of Leukemia

Leukemia is a cancer that changes blood cells. It usually develops in the bone marrow, the inner part of the bone that makes ...
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of blood and bone marrow cancer. AML can affect people of any age, but it is most common in adults. AML occurs when bone marrow produces abnormal blood cells, ...
ATL is a rare cancer that results from long-term infection with the HTLV-1 virus. Most subtypes of this cancer are aggressive and have a poor outlook. But emerging treatments may offer new hope. Adult ...
Thanks to efforts from doctors, researchers, health care providers and nonprofits such as Blood Cancer United, certain types of blood cancers are not the terminal diagnoses that these were decades ago ...
Prolymphocytic leukemia (PLL) is a rare form of leukemia that mainly affects older adults and not children. It advances rapidly, and people with PLL generally have a poor outlook. However, current ...
Healio spoke with Nikki Yuill, LCSW, and Michelle Rajotte, LMSW, the director and associate director of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Information Resource Center, about the importance of ...
Researchers of the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid and the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute have developed a cell therapy for a type of leukemia which currently has very few ...
Leukemia, a cancer of the body’s blood-forming tissues including bone marrow and lymphatic system, affects approximately 60,530 Americans each year according to the American Cancer Society. While ...
World Leukemia Day 2025: Cancer cases are rising worldwide, making it more important than ever to understand the differences between various types of cancer. According to the World Health Organization ...