childhood leukemia
Young patients' malignancy
Childhood leukemia is cancer of the blood-forming tissues, primarily the bone marrow, occurring in children.
It's the most common cancer in children, with acute lymphoblastic leukemia being the predominant type.
The disease causes the body to produce abnormal white blood cells that crowd out healthy cells: She was diagnosed with childhood leukemia at age four.
Treatment typically involves chemotherapy, and survival rates have improved dramatically since the mid-20th century.
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- bone marrowBlood cell birthplace
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
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- blood disordersanemia, sickle cell anemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, leukopenia
- leukemialeukaemia, AML, ALL, blood cancer, myeloid
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
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