How common is leukemia

In the year 2006 in the United States, about 35,000 new cases of leukemia are expected. It is the most common cancer in children. Leukemia causes an estimated 22,000 deaths each year. The four main types of leukemia include: ･ Chronic lymph…

http://www.pamf.org/preteen/healthinfo/?A=C&type=info&hwid=tv7658&section=tv7658-sec

The American Cancer Society predicts that, in the year 2000, there will be about 30,800 new cases of all types of leukemia in this country. Of these, about 12, 500 will be chronic leukemia: 8,100 chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and 4,400…

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/carolinasolite/csc_p3.html

There were 6,755 cases of leukaemia diagnosed in the UK in 2001, the most recent year for which we have records. One third of these were acute myeloid leukaemia and another third were chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. One tenth were acute lymp…

http://www.cancertreatmentkit.com/leukaemia_faqs.php

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Is leukemia common in the world?

Q: Okay, I know that it’s not exactly common, and not that many people have it, but I just wanna know what’s the percentage of people that have leukemia in the world. It’s for a research project.

A: It is actually very common. It is one of the MOST common child hood cancers, and while not a most common, is very common in the elderly.The website for the leukemia and lymphoma website should have some statistics I think.It is also becomming more popular even with the young adult to mid age people due to environmental causes. Cigs, benzene, as well as a lot of other chemicals are a risk factor. If you smoke, work in.with petrified oils, rubber, nuclear plants or with the waste, live in areas with any kind of plant (electrical, coal, oil, chemical, ect) your risks are higher.

I know this 2 yr old that was just diagnosed with common leukemia?

Q: I was wondering what are the survival chances and if she has any chance at all? They are doing a bone marrow test today so I don’t know about that part of it yet. Is there any hope?

A: Yes! She absolutely has a chance at not only surviving leukemia but having a relatively normal life after treatment. First of all, keep in mind that everyone and every case is different. There are no two identical cases and textbook cases are almost never seen. Stats on survival rates are difficult to predict because everyone is different and every case is different. Stats differ from type to type and between subtypes of leukemia so even if you wanted to know what they were it would be impossible to tell without knowing what exactly she has – although her oncologist should be able to tell by looking at a slide. I have purposely not looked at survival rates for AML leukemia (what my son has) because I think it would only scare me, it does nothing productive in his treatment.Having said that, a leukemia diagnosis is absolutely not a death sentence. It’s treatable but you have to keep in mind that it does take lives. I know many children and adults that have gone on to live completely normal lives after getting their No Evidence of Disease (NED) status. Sometimes a patient does relapse but it is absolutely possible that he or she can reach remission and eventually NED status.There isn’t something called “common leukemia” but common leukemias for young children are acute leukemias such as AML or ALL. They’re similar but still different. Survival chances are highly individualized based on the progression of the disease, type and subtype of leukemia, the involvement of other organs such as the lymph nodes, spleen and liver, the treatment, age, cell counts, will to fight, and so many other factors. Once she was diagnosed she most likely started treatment within 48 hours as acute leukemias are treated as medical emergencies. The treatment for ALL and AML is similar except for ALL treatment has an extra set of chemotherapy added onto the end.First, she will go through (or may be going through it now) remission induction chemotherapy. This typically lasts 5-7 days and is usually on a 21 or 28 day rotation. She will have 5-7 days of an intense round of chemotherapy in order to try to put the leukemia into remission – meaning that it appears she has no disease left in his CBC after the round. She may have 1-3 rounds of this. My son has a secondary AML leukemia that was most likely caused by the chemo he received as an infant for a Wilms’ Tumour, nephroblastoma. His induction chemo failed twice but thankfully the third time he was put into remission.After this, she will most likely continue on the 21 or 28 day schedule (depending on the drugs she is receiving) but the next set of chemo will be what is called consolidation chemo. It will be either fewer drugs, weaker drugs, or both. The purpose of this is to “clean up” the remains of cancerous cells left in the body after induction chemo. She will probably have 3-7 rounds of this.If her diagnosis is ALL then she will also receive maintenance chemotherapy after the consolidation chemo. From my understanding, since we won’t go through this for E, this is typically done outpatient and goes on for up to 2 years but it is done for as long as the patient can tolerate it. It does, as the name suggests, maintains the remission and keeps the cell cycle in check.All through his treatment she will probably be feeling nauseous (my son takes Zofran to battle the nausea and vomiting), he has a lot of bone pain due to the chemo drugs attacking the cancerous bone marrow (motrin helps him when he isn’t receiving heavy pain killers such as hydrocodone), and he’s often tired. He gets worn out much easier than he does normally. She will probably be receiving steroids which will rev her up, make her hungry and feel sick at the same time, or do what it does to my son and make her feel like her heart is about to jump out of his chest. He has lost his hair due to the chemo but it doesn’t seem to bother him much. He’s 2 years old but he knows there’s something missing from his head and whenever he has stickers he’ll stick them all over his head to be funny or he’ll draw all over it with a marker. He spends a lot of time in the hospital so we try to have things for him to do like watching movies and colouring books, big legos, and things that are fun for him to pass time with.I think I’m about out of room here, I hope this helped you out some. If you have any more questions feel free to email me ([email protected]) or IM me (crazycanuckj).

How common is acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children in Canada?

Q: statistics canada doesnt seem to have it 🙁 It’s just for my own benefit, I’m trying to decide which health problem to research into for a class and wanted to pick the most common of the choices for my arguement

A: The Canadian Cancer Society’s site confirms this in an article (I’ve just included a small paragraph from the research being done):http://www.cancer.ca/quebec/cancer%20research/qc-quebec%20highlights/qc-exemplary%20projects.aspx?sc_lang=enThe good news about ALL, the most common type of childhood cancer, is that most young patients can now expect to survive their disease. But life-saving treatments, such as high-dose chemotherapy and radiation, can cause subtle brain damage which may not be apparent for many years.~~~~~And, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirms leukemia (doesn’t specify type) is the most common childhood cancer at the following site (small paragraph included):http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cd-mc/cancer/childhood_cancer-cancer_enfants-eng.phpThe most common cancers diagnosed in children are leukemia (cancer of the blood)(33 percent of new cases in 2004), brain and spinals tumours(20 percent of new cases in 2004), and lymphomas (Hodgkin: cancer of lymph nodes)(non-Hodgkin lymphoma: cancer of infection fighting cells)(12 percent of new cases in 2004).