Childhood Leukemia:Types, Treatment | Childhood Blood Cancer-Dr. Mangesh P Kamath | Doctors' C
Dr. Mangesh P Kamath | Appointment booking no: 9900587736, 9900613143
Website: drmangeshkamathcancercare.com
Senior Consultant & Medical Director | Medical and HematoOncologist, BMT Physician,
Healius Cancer & Hematology Clinic, Banashankari Stage II, Bengaluru
It is unfortunate that blood cancers in children can occur as early in infancy and it can occur at any age of the child. Childhood leukemia can be divided into acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Compared to adult cancers the childhood cancers and more so the childhood blood cancers are far more curable there is a wealth of evidence to show that children not only tolerate blood cancer much better but also have significantly higher cure rates from blood cancer than adults. Most of the childhood cancers including blood cancers are due to certain genetic abnormalities. These genetic abnormalities themselves provide an opportunity for oncologist targeted certain weak points of the blood cancer so that the cancer can be defeated not all the childhood cancers are treated in the same way. Lymphoblastic Leukemia are of two types Low Risk Leukemia High Risk Leukemia. The Low Risk Leukemia in certain scenario do not need to undergo Bone Marrow Transplantation after having undergone intense chemotherapy for the time of diagnosis. High Risk Leukemia will need to undergo Bone Marrow Transplantation from a healthy donor, maybe the childโs brother sister or from the parents so that the cancer can be truly eliminated and be replaced by a healthy bone marrow. Many cancers in children are treated with the most intense of protocols and the childhood cancers are treated with intense protocols. The intense protocols are very well tolerated by children and the cure rates are exemplary with the latest of protocols. In todayโs era long term toxicity is minimized due to treatment of Childhood leukemia. So even after they complete treatment and they are cure of the blood they are able to lead a healthy life
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