Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) progresses slowly, and patients in the early stages do not require immediate treatment. CLL is treated when the disease is in the intermediate to advanced stages. Read more: At What Stage Is CLL Treated? Article
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Leukemia
Leukemia is a type of cancer of the blood cells in which the growth and development of the blood cells are abnormal. Strictly speaking, leukemia should refer only to cancer of the white blood cells (the leukocytes) but in practice, it can apply to malignancy of any cellular element in the blood or bone marrow, as in red cell leukemia (erythroleukemia).
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What Is the Life Expectancy of a Person With Leukemia?
Leukemia is a group of cancers of the blood affecting the white blood cells. White blood cells are the infection-fighting cells of the body. In adults, leukemia is most common in people older than 55 years, with the average age of diagnosis being 66 years. It is also one of the most common cancers in children and adults younger than 20 years. The survival rate is higher for younger people.
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How Does Leukemia Kill?
Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells of the bone marrow. Patients with leukemia have an over-production of a particular blood cell type in the body, the white blood cells (cells that fight infection, and provide immunity).
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Is CLL a Disability?
Leukemia is the cancer of the white blood cells of the bone marrow (spongy part of long bones). Patients with leukemia have an overproduction of a type of blood white cell in the body. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the bone marrow produces too many immature lymphocytes (a type of white cells).
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What Is the Best Diet for CLL?
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is cancer in which the bone marrow (spongy part of the bone) makes abnormal white cells (lymphocytes). According to recent research, the Mediterranean diet is considered the best diet for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
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Leukemia: Signs, Symptoms, And Complications
Leukemia results when the genetic material (DNA) of a single cell in the bone marrow transforms, this is called a mutation. A mutated cell does not perform body function, but it eats away the nutrition meant for the normal cells.
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What Are the Stages of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia?
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. With this type of cancer, the marrow creates too many abnormal lymphocytes. There are five stages of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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