True or False.
Nearly 6 of every 100,000 die from Leukemia
False.
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True or False.
Children can be born with Leukemia.
True
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How is Leukemia diagnosed?
By the results of different medical tests.
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What does leukemia literally mean?
White Blood
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What is special about cancer cells?
They ignore the "stop" command and keep dividing.
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Leukemia accounts for
a.) 1/3 of cancers under age 15
b.) 2/3 of cancers under age 17
c.) 1/4 of cancers under age 12
d.) 2/5 of cancers under age 25
A.
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Leukemia
a.) is the least common childhood cancer
b.) effects 5% of children
c.) is most common in adults ages 25-50
d.) is the most common childhood cancer
D.
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How can leukemia be treated? (3 ways)
Chemotherapy, Bone Marrow Transplants, Radiation
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What part of the body does Leukemia effect?
Bone Marrow
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What are some possible causes of Leukemia?
Exposure to radiation, mutagenic chemicals and infection of certain viruses
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How is Leukemia determined through a blood test?
Abnormal levels of white blood cells or platelets.
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How many different types of diseases make up Leukemia?
a.) less than 100
b.) 1
c.) more than 100
d.) 84
C.
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What is a stem cell transplant?
diseased bone marrow is replaced with healthy bone marrow
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What are the three types of blood cells?
White, Red, Platelets
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True or False.
Harvard University discovered a way to disrupt the protein switch that is a critical component in the process to create white blood cells.
False. It was Syracuse University.
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In what three ways is Leukemia diagnosed?
Physical exam, blood test, bone marrow test
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Where does Leukemia start?
In the stem cells of bone marrow.
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What effects can chemotherapy have on your body?
Hair loss, sickness, can hurt "good" cells
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What are immature white blood cells called?
Blasts
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What are 4 symptoms of Leukemia?
Persistent fatigue, weakness, frequent or severe infections, swollen lymph nodes, enlarged liver or spleen, bone pain or tenderness