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Leukemia Lek
Leukemia Lek
British)
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M0 -- Undifferentiated AML
M1 -- AML without maturation
M2 -- AML with maturation
M3 -- Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
M4 -- Acute Meylomonocytic Leukemia
M5 -- Acute Monocytic Leukemia
M6 -- Erythroleukemia (DiGuglielmos)
M7 -- Megakaryoblastic Leukemia
Leukemia
The Intimate Enemy
Brought to you by
The White Blood Cells
Aaron Allison
Wind Henderson
Stephanie Mookas
Vicmar Medina
Acute Myeloid
Leukemia cell
Leukemia..
Is the cancer of the white blood cells
(leukocytes)
Was named by Rudolf Virchow in
1887.
A healthy WBC
Symptoms
Symptoms
Treatments
Chemotherapy
Radiation therapy
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Biological therapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells.
Most often given through an IV.
Drugs do not reach cells in the CNS due to the blood-brain barrier.
To reach leukemia cells in the CNS, must use intrathecal
chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy is given in cycles.
Side effects:
Healthy cells can be damaged (hair, blood cells, cells in digestive
tract).
May lower resistance to infection.
Loss of hair.
Mouth sores
Nausea
May also affect a patients fertility.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to damage cancer cells and
stop them from growing.
Used along with chemotherapy.
May be given in two ways:
To one specific area where there is a collection of leukemia cells.
Radiation that is directed at the whole body.
Side effects:
May become very tired.
Can cause skin to become itchy, tender, or dry.
May cause nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite.
In treatment to the brain, side effects may be permanent.
Children my develop learning and coordination problems.
BMT
The patients leukemia-producing bone marrow is
destroyed by high doses of drugs and radiation then
replaced by healthy bone marrow.
Biological therapy
Involves treatment with substances that affect the
immune systems response to cancer
Interferon is a form of biological therapy that is used
against some types of Leukemia.
Risk Factors
Exposure to benzene in the workplace.
Exposure to extraordinary doses of
irradiation.
Present Statistics
About 170,000 people within the U.S.
living with Leukemia
About 21,700 deaths within the U.S. will be
attributed to Leukemia.
Survival Rates