Your bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside the large bones in your body. The bone marrow makes red blood cells (which carry oxygen and other materials to all tissues of the body), white blood cells (which fight infection), and platelets (which make your blood clot). Lymphocytes are one type of white blood cell.
Normally, bone marrow cells called blasts develop (mature) into...
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to Achieve Remission (Induction Therapy)The aim of induction therapy, the first treatment phase, is to reduce the number of leukemia cells to... Read more »
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During Remission (Consolidation and Maintenance)Consolidation and maintenance therapies follow induction and first remission. The goal of... Read more »
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Acute lymphocytic leukemia is diagnosed in about 5, 300 Americans each year. Children account for two-thirds of these new cases.AgeALL in Children.... Read more »
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PrognosisAcute lymphocytic leukemia is responsible for about 1,400 deaths a year in the U.S., and it can progress quickly if untreated. However, ALL... Read more »