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How is leukemia diagnosed? The tests and the procedures

How is leukemia diagnosed

According to Mayo Clinic, there is no single test to diagnose the presence of leukemia. Doctor will run several tests to identify this type of blood cancer. Before run tests, doctor will observe some of visible symptoms related to leukemia. So it’s important to know about the common symptoms of the disease. Below are most [...]

7 Common symptoms of childhood leukemia

common symptoms of childhood leukemia

The symptoms of childhood leukemia may vary from patient to patient, it depend on the stages and overall patient’s health condition. Compared to other types of the cancer, this childhood leukemia often prompt a visit to the health practitioner since it may trigger serious-look signs and symptoms, which is good, since it leads to early [...]

How to differentiate each type of blood cancer?

Blood cancer classifications and its symptoms

Blood cancer refers to a form of cancer that affects to the bone marrow, blood cells, and lymphatic system which includes tonsils, lymphatic vessels, thymus, digestive tract lymphoid tissue, spleen, and lymph nodes. The signs and symptoms of blood cancer will depend on its type and severity. According to the Center for Disease Control and [...]

History of leukemia at a glance

History of leukemia treatments

The history of leukemia starts far away before it has a name. According to various sources, the disease was diagnose for the first time in 1827 when Alfred Velpeau, a French physician performed an autopsy on a man who claimed had ‘pus-filled’ blood, headache, pain, and fever during his life. Velpeau found the patient has [...]

Can leukemia be cured?

Can leukemia be cured

Since the researches and drugs developments in leukemia have been extensively perform, it relates to patient’s survival rate. At the beginning, when the disease was founded for the first time, many health practitioners classified this type of blood cancer as a chronic and non-curable condition. During the time, there is no specific cure for leukemia [...]