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ALL - general Q&As

6 items found in this section.

1. What is the difference between acute and chronic leukaemia?

last reviewed: 21.08.2007

2. What does leukaemia mean?

last reviewed: 01.04.2005

3. My son has a type of leukaemia called AML, another man on the ward has a type called ALL. What is the difference?

last reviewed: 21.08.2007

4. I have been told my son has leukaemia and that it is a common ALL. What does this mean?

last reviewed: 01.04.2005

5. I am having chemotherapy for leukaemia. The doctors have talked about stem cells in my bone marrow. Can you tell me what a stem cell is?

last reviewed: 01.04.2005

6. I have leukaemia. When they have looked at my marrow tests the doctors have talked about 'blasts'. What is a blast?

last reviewed: 30.08.2007

All Q&As are selected from some of the thousands asked by people contacting Cancerbackup every year. They are answered by specialists and reviewed and updated regularly.


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