10 Facts About Childhood leukemia

Childhood leukemia is leukemia that occurs in a child and is a type of childhood cancer.

The vast majority of childhood leukemia is acute, and chronic leukemias are more common in adults than in children.

ALL is a form of Childhood leukemia that affects lymphocytes, a type of white blood cells which fights infection.

Acute promyelocytic Childhood leukemia is a specific type of AML.

Chronic myelogenous Childhood leukemia is a chronic Childhood leukemia that develops slowly, over months to years.

Chronic lymphocytic Childhood leukemia is another form of chronic Childhood leukemia, but is extremely rare in children.

Juvenile myelomonocytic Childhood leukemia is a form of Childhood leukemia in which myelomonocytic cells are overproduced.

One hypothesis is that childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is caused by a two-step process, starting with a prenatal genetic mutation and then exposure to infections While this theory is possible, there is not enough evidence in patients currently to either support or refute the relationship between infection and developing ALL.

Treatment for childhood leukemia is based on a number of factors, including the type of leukemia, characteristics of the leukemia, prognostic characteristics, response to therapy, and extent of the disease at diagnosis.

Childhood leukemia AML is a more challenging cancer to treat than childhood ALL.