Unfortunately yes
Leukemia is a general description of any cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
Leukemia is cancer of the blood.
cancer of the blood
The correct spelling is leukemia (blood disease).
Second name for the leukemia is blood cancer or bone marrow cancer characterized by abnormal increase in blood cells usually leukocytes.
leukemia.
Leukemia is a cancer to the blood cells.
Leukemia is Blood Cancer. It can kill you, just like any other cancer, but once you get it, it is very hard to treat.
Answer:Without going into medical or scientific terms, leukemia is a cancer of the blood.
Leukemia is cancer in the bone marrow or blood.
Every four minutes, a person is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every ten minutes, a person dies from blood cancer. One third of blood cancer patients are children and teens.
No Sickle Cell is not like Leukemia... I am not sure why people assume that. I can tell you why Hematology (blood Disorders) and Oncology (Cancer) are together in the medical field as Hem/Onc. Leukemia was the first cancer discovered because Leukemia is a cancer of the blood they put it with blood disorders. SN: Hem/Onc is the only field of medicine where if you want to treat cancer you are forced into treating blood disorders, or vice vera.