Red/White Blood Count - Cancer?

Question

Does anyone know the level of white blood count which is considered dangerous and suggests a sustained malignancy?

It seems that physicians apply different standards to different people and short of suing, and asking why so-and-so received a bone marrow transplant when his or her white count was higher, it would be nice to know the levels up front.

Can anyone illuminate?

Also anyone know a good cancer centre in the States and/or a decent diagnostician?

Answer 1

There are many several types of leukaemia and each individual diagnosed with leukaemia is at a different stage of the disease, therefore blood counts will vary for both these reasons.

Bone marrow transplants are not determined on blood counts but on various other factors, including age, progression of the disease etc.

Answer 2

The blood count is not the criteria for diagnosis or treatment of leukemia. Some of the worst cases will have a low white count with the bone marrow replaced by blast cells.

Answer 3

Not all malignancies are equal therefore you can't make a generalization. If you're talking about a leukemia then the white blood cells are very high and more importantly when you look at the type of white blood cells in the sample their are a lot of atypical lymphocytes or immature cells called "blasts".

There are a lot of factors...Is this a child? What type of cancer? What complications does the patient have? If it were easy black and white then oncology wouldn't be a specialty.

Answer 4

White blood count in general indicates an infection. Most "cancer centers" are focused on a pharmaceutical "cure" and there is none. Cancer in general can be cured. 200 years ago cancer was extremely rare. If we return to the benefits of those days,,,, no food additives , no pesticides (in our food) the body will cure itself given the opportunity. Cf. Dr Richard Schulze at HERBDOC

Answer 5

complicated matter. research onto the search engines. that will could help!