After a complete blood count, a bone marrow aspiration will be done to see if there are leukemia cells. If the doctor confirms leukemia, more tests will be done to identify the specific type of acute myeloid leukemia, which has eight sub-types. Chemotherapy may be considered, although it also kills healthy cells, and may cause [...]
Stem Cell Transplantation The conventional ways of treating cancer, such as chemotherapy and radiation, damage healthy cells and have many undesirable side effects. Doctors found a way around this problem by stem cell transplantation (SCT). Stem cells are blood-forming cells found in the bone marrow. In the course of cancer therapy, these stem cells are [...]
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tasigna® (nilotinib) for the treatment of chronic and accelerated-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) for patients who are not able to tolerate or who have stopped responding to Gleevec® (imatinib). Tasigna® is an agent that also targets the same protein as Gleevec but through a different [...]
Leukemia treatment is approached in several ways. The decision on which approach to take is affected by various factors such as age and health condition of the patient, stage of illness, and the type of leukemia. Chemotherapy is used to kill cancer cells with anti-cancer drugs. This involves the injection of drugs to the patient [...]
In Ayurveda, Leukemia is viewed as an imbalance which results from the failure of the digestive system. The food is not ingested and broken down properly. This creates a poisonous slime which circulates in the body and kills the healthy parts in it. To remedy this, the three elements of vata, pitta and kapha present [...]
Both sides has its good and bad sides. Conventional treatments are tried and tested by different hospitals on may patients therefore there is a degree of certainty on methods and results. However there are many side-effects to these kinds of treatment that until now is not yet fully remedied. Alternative treatments are currently untestable and [...]
A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis, Mitoxantrone an immunosuppressant has been found to heighten the risks of contracting leukemia as a side effect. The drug has been approved by the FDA and the side-effect is due to new research onto the interaction of the drug and the body’s response to it. High dosage of [...]
A newly discovered cancer-causing protein has been found to lessen the effectivity of the drug is now the target of researchers who are trying to block the said protein. This enhances the ability of Imatinib to treat leukemia making the targeting drug’s work easier and better. Proven to be effective against chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), [...]
Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. In a healthy person, healthy blood cells are formed in the bone marrow in a normal, controlled manner. On the other hand, a person with leukemia produces large numbers of abnormal blood cells, usually white blood cells. Chemotherapy is one of the treatment options in leukemia. There are [...]
Image Source: media1.suburbanchicagonews.com All cancers begin in cells, which make up blood and other tissues. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old, they die, and new cells take their place. But with Leukemia the new cells form when the body does not need them, [...]