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leukaemia. See leukemia. Patient discussion about leukaemia. Q. What types of cancer are AML and ALL? I have a friend who got sick with this bad cancer at the age of 35. He has told me has ALL but I am not familiar with this type of cancer. A. ALL and AML are both types of Leukemias, i.e blood cancer. They are not representing an actual tumor, like breast cancer or prostate cancer, but instead they represent an uncontrolled production of blood cells of different kinds, that take over the bone marrow (where the blood cells are normally produced), and disturb with the entire circulation system. These cancers are treated with intensive chemotherapy drugs and bone marrow transplantation. Q. What causes Leukemia? How can one get Leukemia? A. Not all the causes of leukemia are known. However there are some causes that are suspected. Nowadays as the pollution is increasing and use of chemicals in various parts of life has increased, people who come in contact with toxic chemicals, radiations etc. are at greater risk of developing leukemia, hereditary also plays a role at some extent. Q. How do you tell the difference between chemical burns, and burns from fire? Please don't spare on gross words i would like to know everything there is to burns. A. Here is a ton of info on both- Read more or ask a question about leukaemiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_burn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_%28injury%29 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Matthew Pearce, a 16 year old leukaemia sufferer from Perth, was refused a Disability Support Pension (DSP) because his condition was not considered a 'permanent disability' by Centrelink assessment staff. Viruses detected in HTLV-I associated myelopathy and adult T-cell leukaemia are identical on DNA blotting. Overall, extremely low frequency magnetic fields were evaluated as possibly carcinogenic to humans (IIB), based on the statistical association of higher level residential ELF magnetic fields and increased risk for childhood leukaemia. |
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