i though lukemia was a childhood diesease and my friend got it when he was 17 so dats possible rite?
2006-07-13 12:52:00 · 5 answers · asked by Pobre_Diabla 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
there is no age limit on cancer, you can get any form of it at any age, from birth to almost to old to care.
2006-07-13 12:56:53 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! You have really answered your own question........here is a very brief description of what exactly this disease is.....
Leukemia is a type of cancer. Cancer is a group of many related diseases. All cancers begin in cells, which make up blood and other tissues. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old, they die, and new cells take their place.
Sometimes this orderly process goes wrong. New cells form when the body does not need them, and old cells do not die when they should. Leukemia is cancer that begins in blood cells.
Hope that helped......
2006-07-13 20:01:47 · answer #2 · answered by ziggy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get leukemia at any stage in your life. There are many different kinds.
2006-07-14 01:24:10 · answer #3 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get lukemia at any age.
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2006-07-13 20:03:29 · answer #4 · answered by Heather W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not only for children. Ya it is possible.
2006-07-13 19:55:53 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋