Question 1

what is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all)?

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Lymph system cancer: Lymphocytes are normal cells of the immune system that protects the body from infection. When these cells become cancerous, they grow out of control in the bone marrow, blood and other organs. All is very common in children but can occur in adults. With children, it is truly one of our success stories thanks to clinical trials with cure rates above 90%. Adults do not do as well.

Question 2

i was wondering what are some complications that can happen with all(acute lymphoblastic leukemia)?

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It is a wide open ??: Your oncologist is your best guide in this battle. This disease(all) behaves very differently between children and adults. So we need to know who has the all, is it a child or an adult? The disease has high cure potential yet it requires chemotherapy for its treatment and that means tons of potential complications which you doctor can inform you about.

Question 3

how frequently can relapse occur in acute lymphocytic leukemia (all)?

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20-30: It depend to the type of ALL ,B cell ,T cell ,age of diagnosis ,bellow 2 years or above 9 years ,CNS involvement at diagnosis,but  about 20-25%

Question 4

whats the expected survival rate in a 19 male with (all) acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

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Need more info: Prognosis in all is still very good in young adults when treated with aggressive chemotherapy (and possibly radiation). One of the most powerful prognostic features is cytogenetics (e.g. Philadelphia chromosome, mll, and tel/aml1). T versus b cell, CNS involvement, response to initial chemo, all give additional information.

Question 5

what is acute leukemia?

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It is a disease: Acute leukemia is a blood disorder where white cells are not formed normally. It has excellent treatment available now.

Question 6

how is acute leukemia cured?

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Depnds on the type: Chemotherapy with or without bone marrow transplant.

Question 7

which is worse: chronic or acute leukemia?

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Acute: Acute leukemia comes on suddenly, and without treatment can quickly turn fatal.  The chronic leukemias begin slowly and it can be many years before it is even obvious that someone is ill.  This difference in behaviour is why they are called "acute" or "chronic.".

Question 8

is it possible to have acute leukemia twice?

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Well, yes...: Sometimes the same leukemia can come back, sometimes you can have 2 different types of leukemia.

Question 9

help please? how is the pain in acute leukemia?

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Hard to say...: It is very difficult to give you a general description of pain in leukemia since it varies widely from patient to patient.  Generally, for example, in the beginning (before treatment) there may be bone pain from infiltration of the bone marrow or abdominal pain from infiltration of spleen/liver. Once treatment is initiated, there may be some pain associated with that, too.

Question 10

how do you discover someone has acute leukemia?

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Common symptoms: Symptoms at presentation of an acute leukemia are typically related to infiltration of the bone marrow with cancerous cells. This can cause bone pain.  Additionally, the marrow is where the blood cells are made.  So anemia - fatigue, paleness; low platelets - easy bruising, bleeding, petechiael rash; and abnormal white cells - fever, infection; are all common symptoms.

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