2. What is Leukemia? Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.
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4. What does it mean when a cell is cancerous? When old cells die, new ones grow to replace them. Sometimes these cells mutate and change. When these cell keeps on mutating, it can create a tumor.
5. People suffered In the year 2000 around 256,000 people suffered from some type of leukemia and 209,000 died from it.
12. 1.Luekemia: any of several cancers of the bone marrow that interfere with the production of red blood cells and platelets. 2. About 98% of children with Leukemia, suffer with Acute Leukemia.
13. 3.When a child has leukemia, large numbers of abnormal white blood cells are produced in the bone marrow.
14. 5. Cancer is a process of uncontrolled abnormal cell growth and development . 6. There are several types of Leukemia.
15. 7. There is no way to prevent Leukemia, but it can be treated effectively.
