some are ibrutinib, other drug therapy, and bone marrow transplant
There are many treatments for Leukemia and some work being done with stems cells. On of the greatest things you can do to help you friend is put yourself on the bone marrow donor list.
If you have leukemia, you WILL be living with it "for life", no matter how long your life happens to be. That said, there are some excellent treatments for leukemia that have extended your expected lifetime by years. (We haven't had them available for long enough to say "decades", but that's certainly possible.) In any event, the newer treatments, in many cases, will let you live long enough to die of something entirely unrelated.
One of the most recent advancements in the leukemia research field is the identification of leukemia stem cell specific antigens. This should help with the creation of better targeted treatments.
That all depends on the type, how advanced it is and what treatments are available.
What new treatments are avalible?What new treatments are avalible?Anemia and Luukemia is two completly different things! Anemia is something you cannot die from unless you have a serious case of Anemia. Leukemia is a cancer that kills lots of people.
If the question is posed to ask if all people who have leukaemia die from it, the answer is no. There are treatments such as bone marrow transplants which allow sufferers to recover and lead normal lives.No. Everyone does not die of leukemia. Some people die from other causes.
Leukemia is a broad term used to describe a cancer condition of the blood and lymph system. Depending on the actual type, treatments vary from chemotherapy to Stem Cell Transplants.
I'd like to add - if a person is paying cash money for 6 chemo treatments for childhood leukemia how much would it cost? This person lives in the Philippines. Thank you and I need this info ASAP.
There are several types of treatments for leukemia. The treatments depend on the type, if any tumors are present in the lymph nodes, severity of blood disorder(low or high blood counts. Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy and other type of interventional therapy.
Chemotherapy is the most effective method for treating leukemia. If the exact change in the CML gene that caused the cancer is known, gene therapy can also be used. However, the only way to get an accurate answer for an individual, as cancer is extremely variant between cases, is to see a professional and take their recommendations.
treatments for Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) include fludarabine and rituximab, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone, and many moe.
Gingivitis is also one of the early signs of leukemia in some children