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leukaemia
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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-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_burn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_%28injury%29

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The researchers used an advanced genetic fingerprinting technique to prove that the leukaemia cells found in the baby had originated from the mother and showed that both patients' leukaemic cells carried an identical mutated cancer gene.
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) says it has found genetic evidence that leukaemic cells had been transferred from a Japanese woman to her daughter.
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) said it had found genetic evidence that leukaemic cells had been transferred from a Japanese woman to her daughter.
 
 
 
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