What is Acute Lymphocytic or Lymphoblastic Leukemias (ALL)?
The normal white blood cells are meant to protect our body. But when cancer turns them malignant and these cells are produced in very high rates, threat develops for the existence of normal cells. They are quickly outnumbered and disease spreads to fresh locations of the body from the lymph node, causing death of the patient. It mostly affects young children between 2-5 years and elderly people above the age of 65 years. 85 percent children and 50 percent adults survive this cancer through treatment options like radiation and chemotherapy. Sub-types of ALL: • Precursor B acute lymphoblastic leukemia • Acute biphenotypic leukemia • Burkitt’s leukemia • Precursor T acute lymphoblastic leukemia What is Chronic Lymphocytic or Lymphoblastic Leukemias (CLL)? Here, for reasons yet to be known, there is a slow rise in the production of the B cells. These cells primarily belong to the immune system and produce substances in the blood which protect us from disease causing organisms. The cancer a
