Is Leukemia a disease or cancer? And what part of the body is it found in?

Question

I was watching this movie called Gilean. And this guy called Gilean died at the end of the movie from Leukema. And I asked my friends if Leukema is a disease or a cancer. They have no idea!! Help me!!!!!

Answer 1

Leukemia is cancer of the blood . It can be anywhere and everywhere in the body . Blood circulates everywhere in the body ,so the leukemia could attack your organs , your lymph nodes , your lungs, liver , ect. You can get leukemia at any age . Some people are born with it .My child was born with it . I don't know what caused it . It can be connected to other diseases . If you have a disease like jxg or nf1 you have a greater chance of getting a leukemia cancer like jmml . It is a rare form of leukemia my child has . He was born with all three of these things . Leukemia can be in the skin also . My child was born with leukemia cutis also . The only cure for leukemia like jmml is bone marrow transplants and chemotherapy .Radiation is sometimes used also . Taking vitamins and supplemants can help . Taking care of yourself .can help . A positive attitude and surrounding yourself with supportive loving people also helps.

My grandma has a type of leukemia that old people get .
I hope this helps you . The internet is a good place to get info . You can google the word leukemia .

Answer 2

Its actually NOT all the same illness. Cancer is an umbrella term for over 200 *different* diseases. Cancer is more like a category or class, not a specific disease. Like for instance, a viral infection is a category, but the flu or chicken pox are specific viruses. And further to the point, using the body part is actually more of a lay man's term than anything else. The general public says breast cancer, but a doctor is going to say a big long word, and there are several different types of breast cancer. The general public says leukemia, but there are something like a dozen different types of leukemia. And the same thing with every (insert body part) cancer, and each specific different type has its own causes and its own symptoms and its own treatment. There are certain types that generally start in certain places of the body (like leukemia starts in the bone marrow), and I think that also is a factor of why people use the body part. While having a healthy lifestyle can reduce your chances of certain cancers (like if you dont smoke your risk for a specific type of lung cancer drops), it is not a promise that you wont still get cancer. There is at least one person on this board that is vegan and has been for a long time, but still got cancer. I actually think its great that there are doctors that specialize in specific body parts. Anything (person or material object) that does multiple things has a lower quality than something that does only one or two things. Why do the most expensive resturaunts only have a handful of entrees to choose from? Why do vcr/dvd/dvr combos ALWAYS suck at one or the other and then break within a year? The exact same thing applies to doctors. Even though the body is one entity, it has many different parts that operate independently as well as with each other. And while many doctors do specialize in a certain area, most of them know how every other part of the body interacts with their specialty. Of course we barely understand the human body. We have only had the kind of technology to really study and examine the small things that happen for a very short time. And even today we still dont have the technology to examine all of the different bodily events and happenings. Our current technology only allows us to scratch the surface of what there is to know about the brain. I think it is clear you know nothing about cancer.

Answer 3

Cancer is a disease. Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. Blood cells are formed in the bone marrow, but leukemia affects the entire body. Medical words come from Latin and Greek; "leuko" means white, and "emia" is a condition of the blood so "leukemia" means literally a "disease of the white blood" or something like that.

Cats get something called feline leukemia that is a disease of their white blood cells, but I don't think it is a form of cancer. Human leukemia is definitely a type of cancer.

Answer 4

Leukemia is a form of cancer of the blood. It is curable with a bone marrow transplant. From what I understand the white blood cells attack the red blood cells. When they do a bone marrow transplant they have to give heavy doses of cemo to kill the immune system and then do a transplant with donated bone marrow. A young man at our church had it and after a bone marrow transplant he is doing really well.

Answer 5

Leukemia is any group of malignant diseases in which the bone marrow and other blood forming organs produced an increase of certain white blood cells called leukocytes which are immature and abnormal forms. It suppresses the production of normal white cells, red cells and platelets. This leads to increase susceptibility to infection, anemia and bleeding.Other symptoms include enlargement of the spleen,liver and lymph nodes.Treatment include chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Answer 6

Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells. Cancer is a disease.

Answer 7

It's a disease and cancer. It's a cancer found in bone marrow/blood. It's curable with chemotherapy/radiation/bone marrow transplant.

Answer 8

Leukemia is a form of Cancer. Cancer is a disease.

Answer 9

Bone marrow cancer, or radiation disease.
Abnormal multiplication of leucocytes (white blood cells).

Answer 10

Its a cancer. I don't know where it happens but it affects the bones.