What is leukemia?
Q: What is leukemia?
A: Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells and bone marrow where the body creates too many white blood cells.
Q: What are the blood cancers?
A: Blood cancers are hematological neoplasms, a group of diseases that include leukemia.
Q: What happens if leukemia goes untreated?
A: If left untreated, leukemia may lead to death within weeks, months, or years.
Q: How does the life of a person with leukemia depend on the disease type?
A: The life of the person with leukemia depends on the type of leukemia they have.
Q: What is the worldwide incidence and deaths of leukemia?
A: In 2000, around 256,000 children and adults around the world developed some form of leukemia, and 209,000 died from it.
Q: Who is more likely to develop leukemia, adults or children?
A: About 90% of all leukemias are seen in adults.
Q: Are there different types of leukemia?
A: Yes, there are many kinds of leukemia.
