Posted in: Leukaemia (Blood cancer) Treatment by Dr. Tarang Krishna Posted Date: 07 Jan, 2015
Cancer diagnosis makes you a brave survivor of adversities of life. Human nature is to relate disease to misfortune; blood cancer is not bad luck.
Let us understand what it is so that it can be cured with a positive approach:
A form of cancer of the blood is characterization acknowledged as Leukaemia.
Acute Leukaemia:The white blood cells multiply rapidly and numbers increase abnormally in the blood stream. The healthy cells are affected by this growth in white blood cells and needs to be treated on urgent basis.
Chronic leukaemia is the condition in the body when abnormal white blood cells fail to die and accumulate in the blood stream, bone marrow and related organs.
What is the cause for developing Leukaemia?
There are several factors that can contribute to development of cancerous growth in body like Leukaemia. It could be a genetic disposition affecting the family. Exposure to high intensity radiation is a known factor. Benzene is a known carcinogen. It is also researched that Human T-Cell Leukaemia virus may be a cause as well.
Certain different forms of Leukaemia are:
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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) - associated with children but which also develops in adults.
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Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) - characterised by an overproduction of immature white blood cells, called myoblasts or leukemic blasts.
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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) - is a type of slow growing leukaemia that affects developing B-lymphocytes, also known as B-cells, which are specialised white blood cells.
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Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) - is a rare blood cancer. It is distinctive in that it occurs due to a genetic mutation.
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Biphenotypic acute leukaemia (BAL) is an amalgamation of acute leukaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
Can Leukaemia be treated?
Yes. Certainly, various treatment options are available like chemotherapy, radiation therapy and immunotherapy for treating Leukaemia.
The Cancer Healer Center specialises is diagnosing and offering therapy against blood cancer form Leukaemia. The Immunotherapy is a holistic approach that strengthens the body’s immune system allowing it to target the cancer cells stopping from further progression.
Our objective at Cancer Healer Center is to educate you about each form of cancer so that it no longer considered as ill fortune but a condition that can be challenged.