Leukemia

Rhabdomyosarcoma, also know as RMS, is a type of sarcoma in which cancer cells form a muscle tissue. There are three main types this disease has, Embryonal, Alveolar, and Anaplastic. There is also stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV. There are treatments for RMS but it's all depending on the area, type, and stage of the cancer, survival rates will also fall under that. As far as symptoms, it can be very difficult to find early stages, since RMS mostly diagnosed in children younger than 5…

About a three months have gone by since Augustus Water’s prefuneral. He is ok. He is prepared to die but I am not. He is strong and I am going to make sure that he doesn’t let the cancer conquer him. He’s alive, and I am too. … Today I went with Gus to get check out by his doctor. I was really moved by what I heard. “The tumor in his chest in decreasing. Your medication is exterminating some of the cancer cells. I am going to keep prescribing…

Everyone knows somebody with it, someone who's beaten it, or somebody who's died from it. If you haven't figured out what's being talked about alright, it's cancer. Cancer is something present in everyday life, even the dinosaurs had cancer way back in the mesozoic era. Cancer has been around since the beginning of time, approximately 65 million years ago. With all the advancements of medical science made in the 21st century it presents a valid question, why haven't scientists discovered a cure…

Chemotherapy: Cancers Poison Treatment If a doctor walked up to you and said: I am going to treat what is making you sick with “poison” you would think they are crazy! Chemotherapy, a treatment for cancer, is a poison called nitrogen mustard (mustard gas) used during World War II. Paul Ehrlich the father of chemotherapy found that people exposed to the gas had lower White Blood Cell counts than people exposed to the poison (Tharu, 2014, paras. 3). This was the birth of chemotherapy as a therapy…

Multiple myeloma is a rare cancer, but if developed it is extremely hard to fight. It is the second most common blood cancer in adults, but in 2015 only 2% of cancer cases were multiple myeloma. The first documented case of multiple myeloma was in 1844. There have been hundreds of thousands of cases since then and there are constant improvements being made on treatments for this currently incurable cancer. Stem cell transplants have become a standard treatment for multiple myeloma patients, but…

compromises your body’s ability to fight infection. As the year went by, Zohn met more and more goalkeepers diagnosed with blood cancer. He talked to many goalkeepers and not all of them had blood cancer, but the two most common cancers were lymphoma and leukemia. After meeting with the assistant soccer coach at the University of Washington and visiting the Seattle Children’s Hospital, Zohn began collecting data and met several goalkeepers with cancer, and began to notice a trend. While…

prevent them from reoccurring in subsequent generations. This lack of funding is seen specifically with Leukemia research, and is affecting progress towards a cure by delaying treatment, creating more difficult diagnoses,…

What is the goal of leukemia ribbon? Description: There are still many people who are not fully aware of the actual objective or goal of leukemia ribbon and they are strongly advised to join the available awareness programs. September is the leukemia a month and sometimes this month is also called orange month as orange colored leukemia ribbon is worn by all fellows joining awareness programs of this disease. Leukemia survivors receive greater support and strength from this ribbon and here lays…

Cancer is a disease affecting the world and the rise in treatments with drugs is just one way of delaying the process of the disease as well as improving the quality of life for the patient. Henceforth Amsacrine is one to watch out for due to its specific mode of action. Reference. Amsacrine has an acridine chromophore with an amine at the 9 position (fig 1.) used in the treatment of some types of lymphoma or acute adult leukaemia [5]. It can also be known as Amsidine or m-AMSA [1]. Lymphoma…

When we hear the word cancer, our hearts automatically sink into our stomachs. Now, imagine you are just a child and your parents are told you have Osteosarcoma. This is a type of cancer that is most commonly found in those between the ages of 10 to 20 years old, and often found in the long bones of the body; thigh, shin, or humerus (“Types of Childhood Cancer” 2015). Keep in mind that the cancer can vary with each child. Osteosarcoma can be detected by a child being in severe pain and the…