Leukaemia

Leukaemia (or leukemia) is a type of cancer that affects the bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy centre of the bone that produces blood cells.

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Reviewed February 2009

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Title:	Leukaemia
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Leukaemia is a cancer of blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. Large numbers of white blood cells are produced, which crowd the bone marrow and can affect the production of normal cells. There are four main types of leukaemia. In many cases, leukaemia can be cured or kept under control. Chemotherapy is the main treatment.
Date:	May 2009

Title:	Colony-stimulating factors for prevention of myelosuppressive therapy-induced febrile neutropenia in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	The authors evaluated the efficacy of adding colony-stimulating factors (CSF) after chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) to prevent febrile neutropenia, which is a potentially life-threatening side effect of treatment. There...
Date:	Oct 2008

Title:	Bone marrow
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Bone marrow, a soft substance inside bone cavities, makes blood cells. Diseases of the bone marrow such as leukaemia, aplastic anaemia and reticulum cell sarcoma of bone tend to upset the making of blood cells. In some cases, a bone marrow transplant is the best treatment.
Date:	Sep 2008

Title:	Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia written by professional medical specialists.
Date:	Aug 2008

Title:	Leukaemia - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Find out about leukaemia, including the different types, symptoms, causes and treatments.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Acute myeloid leukaemia
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Leukaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia that arises from the precursors of the myeloid cells which would subsequently, in normal circumstances, evolve into normal white cells information.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia information for a cancer where there is a malignant proliferation of stem cells within the bone marrow.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Promyelocytic leukaemia (PML)
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Promyelocytic leukaemia by professional health specialists.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Chronic Neutrophilic Leukaemia CNL
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Chronic Neutrophilic Leukaemia health written by professional medical specialists.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Hairy cell leukaemia
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of hairy cell leukaemia by professional health specialists.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Childhood leukaemia
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of childhood leukaemia written by professional medical specialists.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Chronic myeloid leukaemia
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukaemia written by professional medical specialists.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Leukaemia
Publisher:	The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:	Leukaemia is cancer of blood-forming cells and it causes large numbers of abnormal white blood cells to be made, which can spread into other organs.
Date:	Sep 2007

Title:	Treatment of adult leukaemias
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Improved understanding of the molecular causes of leukaemia is altering the approach to management. Acute myeloid leukaemia is managed with chemotherapy according to the patient's prognostic factors, but stem cell transplantation may be an option.
Date:	Jun 2006

Title:	Purine antagonists for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Despite increasing insight into its tumour biology B-CLL remains an incurable disease. So far, chemotherapy with alkylating agents such as chlorambucil has been the mainstay of treatment in B-CLL. However, purine antagonists such as fludarabine are incr...
Date:	May 2006

Title:	Leukaemia.
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Leukaemia is cancer of the white blood cells in the bone marrow.
Date:	Aug 2003

Title:	New listing cuts the costs of leukaemia drug - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	A broader Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listing for Glivec, a once-daily capsule for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia, means more patients can afford the breakthrough treatment.
Date:	Sep 2002

Title:	Morbidity of Vietnam Veterans: Supplementary Report 2: Adrenal gland cancer, leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphona
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This report provides medical validations for three conditions of concern regarding the health of Vietnam veterans and their children - adrenal gland cancer in veterans' children, the four main types of leukaemia in veterans and their children, and non-Hodgkins lymphona in veterans.
Date:	Nov 2001

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