BLOOD CANCER

There are two main forms of Leukema; Acute Leukemia and Chronic Leukemia.



Acute Leukemia is when there is a rapid increase immature blood cells. All the extra immature blood cells causes crowding which prevents bone marrow from being able to create healthy blood cells. Acute Leukemia is the most common form of Leukemia in children.






Chronic Leukemia is when there is a build up of abnormal matgure white blood cells. Chornic Leukemia takes much longer to progress and is often monitored after discovering the cancer in an attempt to wait for the pefect time to treat the disease. Chronic Leukemia surfaces much more in older patients although younger patients are not immune to it.




Every year, 250,000 individuals are diagnosed with some form of Leukemia representing roughly 2.5% of all cancer cases.