LEUKAEMIA (Blood Cancer)

(LEUKAEMIA (Blood Cancer)


Q. What is Leukaemia?
Q. How common is leukaemia?
Q. Isnt leukaemia a childrens cancer?
Q. Who is at risk of leukaemia?
Q. Doesnt living under power lines increase the risk?
Q. How is leukaemia diagnosed?
Q. What are the symptoms of leukaemia?
Q. Does leukaemia run in families?
Q. What do chronic and acute mean?
Q. How effective are the treatments?
Q. How is leukaemia treated?


Q. What is Leukaemia?

A. Leukaemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Just as there are many different types of white blood cell, so there are many different types of leukaemia There are two main types: lymphocytic leukaemia (arising from a type of white blood cell called a lymphocyte) and myeloid leukaemia (arising from an immature type of white blood cell called a myeloid stem cell).

Q. How common is leukaemia?

A. As per the data available, says Dr. Hari Krishna, Cancer Specialist,One third of the cases were acute myeloid leukaemia and another third were chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. One tenth were acute lymphocytic leukaemia and another tenth were chronic myeloid leukaemia. The rest were other, rarer types of leukaemia.

Q. Isnt leukaemia a childrens cancer?

A. About half of all cases of acute lymphocytic leukaemia are in children under 10 years old, with another quarter of cases occurring in adolescents. However, the other main types of leukaemia normally occurr in people over 50. There are many cases of leukaemia in the Asian subcontinent each year amongst children, with many of higher age groups,as well

Q. Who is at risk of leukaemia?

A. High levels of exposure to radiation are known to increase the risk of leukaemia, but the levels of exposure for the public, including people in the nuclear industry, radiologists, and people living near Sellafield, are so low that researchers cannot find any reliable evidence of increased risk for them. Smoking increases the risk of myeloid leukaemia. Exposure to benzene (an industrial chemical) has also been linked to a risk of these leukaemias. The chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat some other cancers does cause a slight increase in the risk of getting acute myeloid leukaemia, although this is low enough to justify the use of these therapies.

Q. Doesnt living under power lines increase the risk?

A. As per Dr. Tarang Krishna, Cancer physician, there is no reliable evidence that living near power lines or electricity generators is linked to an increased risk of leukaemia. Some research has found a link between people working in power generating facilities and a higher risk of leukaemia, but other studies have not.

Q. How is leukaemia diagnosed?

A. Chronic leukaemias are usually diagnosed by taking a blood sample and examining the cells under a microscope. However, for lymphocytic leukaemias, it is necessary to take a bone marrow sample for an accurate diagnosis.

Q. What are the symptoms of leukaemia?

A. The main symptoms of leukaemia are anaemia, frequent bruising, infections and abnormal bleeding.

Q. Does leukaemia run in families?

A. An increased risk of leukaemia can run in families. If one person in the family has leukaemia, the other members have three times the normal risk of getting the same type of leukaemia.

Q. What do chronic and acute mean?

A. Leukaemias are also divided into the slower (called chronic) and faster growing (called acute). There are chronic and acute forms of both the lymphocytic and myeloid leukaemias. Chronic leukaemia cells tend to accumulate in the blood whereas acute leukaemia cells tend to accumulate in both the blood and bone marrow. All blood cells start their life in the bone marrow.

Q. How effective are the treatments?

A. Improved treatments for children with leukaemia now mean that nearly nine out of ten of them can be cured by Cancer-Healer. However, the cure rates for adults with leukaemia are same as good as children. The platelets as well as the leucocyte counts comes within normal ranges and thus, cures the patient promptly by Cancer-Healer medicine,says Dr. Hari Krishna, Cancer specialist.

Q. How is leukaemia treated?

A. Cancer Healer makes the bone marrow functional and thus treats all types of blood cancers in an ideal way.it destroys the immature cells of blood and makes the bone marrow functional thus giving very good results in all types of blood cancers.




Q. What is Leukaemia?
Q. How common is leukaemia?
Q. Isnt leukaemia a childrens cancer?
Q. Who is at risk of leukaemia?
Q. Doesnt living under power lines increase the risk?
Q. How is leukaemia diagnosed?
Q. What are the symptoms of leukaemia?
Q. Does leukaemia run in families?
Q. What do chronic and acute mean?
Q. How effective are the treatments?
Q. How is leukaemia treated?


Q. What is Leukaemia?

A. Leukaemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Just as there are many different types of white blood cell, so there are many different types of leukaemia There are two main types: lymphocytic leukaemia (arising from a type of white blood cell called a lymphocyte) and myeloid leukaemia (arising from an immature type of white blood cell called a myeloid stem cell).

Q. How common is leukaemia?

A. As per the data available, says Dr. Hari Krishna, Cancer Specialist,One third of the cases were acute myeloid leukaemia and another third were chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. One tenth were acute lymphocytic leukaemia and another tenth were chronic myeloid leukaemia. The rest were other, rarer types of leukaemia.

Q. Isnt leukaemia a childrens cancer?

A. About half of all cases of acute lymphocytic leukaemia are in children under 10 years old, with another quarter of cases occurring in adolescents. However, the other main types of leukaemia normally occurr in people over 50. There are many cases of leukaemia in the Asian subcontinent each year amongst children, with many of higher age groups,as well

Q. Who is at risk of leukaemia?

A. High levels of exposure to radiation are known to increase the risk of leukaemia, but the levels of exposure for the public, including people in the nuclear industry, radiologists, and people living near Sellafield, are so low that researchers cannot find any reliable evidence of increased risk for them. Smoking increases the risk of myeloid leukaemia. Exposure to benzene (an industrial chemical) has also been linked to a risk of these leukaemias. The chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat some other cancers does cause a slight increase in the risk of getting acute myeloid leukaemia, although this is low enough to justify the use of these therapies.

Q. Doesnt living under power lines increase the risk?

A. As per Dr. Tarang Krishna, Cancer physician, there is no reliable evidence that living near power lines or electricity generators is linked to an increased risk of leukaemia. Some research has found a link between people working in power generating facilities and a higher risk of leukaemia, but other studies have not.

Q. How is leukaemia diagnosed?

A. Chronic leukaemias are usually diagnosed by taking a blood sample and examining the cells under a microscope. However, for lymphocytic leukaemias, it is necessary to take a bone marrow sample for an accurate diagnosis.

Q. What are the symptoms of leukaemia?

A. The main symptoms of leukaemia are anaemia, frequent bruising, infections and abnormal bleeding.

Q. Does leukaemia run in families?

A. An increased risk of leukaemia can run in families. If one person in the family has leukaemia, the other members have three times the normal risk of getting the same type of leukaemia.

Q. What do chronic and acute mean?

A. Leukaemias are also divided into the slower (called chronic) and faster growing (called acute). There are chronic and acute forms of both the lymphocytic and myeloid leukaemias. Chronic leukaemia cells tend to accumulate in the blood whereas acute leukaemia cells tend to accumulate in both the blood and bone marrow. All blood cells start their life in the bone marrow.

Q. How effective are the treatments?

A. Improved treatments for children with leukaemia now mean that nearly nine out of ten of them can be cured by Cancer-Healer. However, the cure rates for adults with leukaemia are same as good as children. The platelets as well as the leucocyte counts comes within normal ranges and thus, cures the patient promptly by Cancer-Healer medicine,says Dr. Hari Krishna, Cancer specialist.

Q. How is leukaemia treated?

A. Cancer Healer makes the bone marrow functional and thus treats all types of blood cancers in an ideal way.it destroys the immature cells of blood and makes the bone marrow functional thus giving very good results in all types of blood cancers.