2007-01-23 11:50:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Leukemia has different subtypes of disease classified by Adult or Child and are treated differently.
The variety of names include:
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) - young kids, young adults
Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL)
Adult, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Childhood, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Adult, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Childhood, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) - adults over 60
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Find out more about the different subtypes of leukemia:
http://dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Hematologic/Leukemia/
Medline Plus: Adult Acute Leukemia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leukemiaadultacute.html
Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/adultALL/patient/
Adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/adultAML/patient/
Adult Chronic Leukemia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leukemiaadultchronic.html
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/CLL/patient/
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/CML/patient/
Leukemia, Childhood
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leukemiachildhood.html
Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/childALL/patient/
Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/childAML/patient/
2007-01-23 13:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are different names for different blood diseases; leukemia is just one of many. It is quite complicated, but basically leukocytes are part of the white cells in blood, there are red cells (erythrocytes) and straw - coloured plasma fluid too.
2007-01-23 19:54:27 · answer #2 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer of the blood.
2007-01-23 19:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by Great Dane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I don't know.
Check this site for info:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes
2007-01-24 09:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by Char 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lou Gehrig's disease.
2007-01-23 19:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah....... Blood Cancer:(
2007-01-23 19:53:16 · answer #6 · answered by oh yeah! girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer.......
2007-01-23 19:52:47 · answer #7 · answered by troble # one? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋