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Leukemia: When the color of blood is fading

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Topic: Leukemia
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Sort Desciption: Leukemia one of the most dreaded diagnosis. This malicious cancer of the white blood cells (leukocytes), strikes mostly at a more advanced age; nevertheless, certain forms are particularly frequent among children. ...

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Leukemia one of the most dreaded diagnosis. This malicious cancer of the white blood cells (leukocytes), strikes mostly at a more advanced age; nevertheless, certain forms are particularly frequent among children. Many different procedures are being used today in the early detection and diagnosis of blood cancer as its commonly known, but all of them are comparatively complex and time consuming to perform requiring multiple assays and producing results that often are not universally standardized. Ultimately, this results in high costs. Yet, every day counts when diagnosing some of the acute leukemia types. Microarrays currently under development could potentially shorten current diagnostic processes and increase objectivity and reliability of results significantly while also expediting results at lower prices. Leukemia (white blood in Greek) is a cancer that alters the blood-building process (hematopoieses) originating from stem cells of the bone marrow. The causes are still somewhat unknown, yet its impact is devastating as the diseased leukocytes no longer adequately perform vital bodily functions in controlling the bodys own defense against diseases. Facts & Figures Each year, leukemia is diagnosed in about 29,000 adults and 2,000 children in the United States alone 1 . 1 National Cancer Institute (NCI), http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/leukemia/page1 Background Information r Roche Diagnostics ., More than half of all types of leukemia manifest in adults over 65, and men are significantly more often affected than women. Due to enormous improvements in diagnosis and therapy, the survival rates in leukemia have risen dramatically during the last 40 years: In 1960 ...

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