Cancer is a disease where abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and invade other tissues. There are over 100 types of cancer. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells that starts in the bone marrow. There are different types of leukemia such as acute lymphocytic, acute myelocytic, chronic lymphocytic, and chronic myelocytic leukemia. During leukemia, infections, anemia, easy bruising, weight loss, and other symptoms can occur as the extra leukemia cells crowd out healthy blood cells. Both men, women, and children of any age can be susceptible to various cancers. Risk factors for leukemia include radiation, smoking, certain chemicals, viruses, and family history. Diagnosing leukemia involves medical history,

1. By: Leslie Zarco

2. Cancer
 A diseases where abnormal cells divide
without control and are able to invade
other tissues.
 Cancer isn’t just one specific disease
, its over 100 different types of diseases

3. What is Leukemia? Types?
 Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells ;
cancer starts in the tissue that forms blood
 There are different types of leukemia such as:
 Acute lymphocytic leukemia: a quick
progressing cancer of blood where many
immature lymphocytes aren’t fully complete
 Acute myelocytic
 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia:
 Chronic myelocytic leukemia :a slow
progressing cancer of blood in which too many
white cells are made in bone marrow

4. What occurs during Leukemia?
Effects?
 A transplant occurs
 The cause is unknown
 The effects that occur during leukemia
are:
 Infections, anemia, easy bruising, weight
loss, night sweats, and unexplainable
fevers ,headaches, vomiting ,confusion
, loss of muscle control
, weak,swelling,and pain in bones

6. Bone marrow
 Doctors must get bone marrow from the
patient
 Bone marrow: soft material in the center of
bones
 Makes abnormal white blood cells; abnormal
cells are leukemia cells
 Leukemia blood cells don’t die when they
should, which is bad because then the body
doesn’t need them
 The extra cells may form a tumor
 The cells crowd out the red cells , white
cells, and the platelets

7. Physical exams
 Spinal tap
 Cytogenetics
 Chest x-ray
 Blood tests
 Biopsy
 Bone marrow aspiration
 Bone marrow biopsy

8. Risk factors
 Radiation
 Acute myelocytic
 Chronic myelocytic
 Acute lymphocytic
 Atomic bomb explosions
 Radiation therapy may increase risk
 Diagnostic x-rays

10. Causes
 Smoking
 Benzene
 Chemotherapy
 Down syndrome
 Myelocytic syndrome
 Certain blood disorders
 Human T-cell leukemia virus type
 Family history

11. Who is Susceptible?
Both men, women, and children are all
susceptible to various types of cancers;
age doesn’t matter
It’s said that patients with Parkinson's
disease are more susceptible to cancer
tumors because of research as well as
deaths of 2.2 million people since 1904
comparing people with Parkinson's
disease and those with different cancer
types

12. Average diagnosed people
 Throughout the world many people have
been diagnosed with different cancer
types from 2003-2007
 In the year 2011, there have been over
1,596,670 people with cancer
 Also the death rates are getting
higher, the number was over 571,950
people

13. Diagnostics
 Diagnostics are thorough; history and
physical examination along with diagnostic
testing
 When the condition of a person has
changed the testing is needed to be rerun
or repeated
 Things necessary/tests for the diagnostics:
 Imaging, lab tests, tumor markers, tumor
biopsy, endoscopic
examination, surgery, and genetic testing
 By the way, testing isn’t 100% correct

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