Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Race is a risk factor in the United States. Hispanics, especially those under the age of 20, are at the highest risk for leukemia, while whites, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Alaska Natives are at higher risk than African Americans. [84] More men than women are diagnosed with leukemia and die from the disease.
Feeling tired, shortness of breath, easy bruising and bleeding, increased risk of infection [1] Usual onset: All ages, most frequently ~65–75 years old [2] Risk factors: Smoking, previous chemotherapy or radiation therapy, myelodysplastic syndrome, benzene [1] Diagnostic method: Bone marrow aspiration, blood test [3] Treatment
T-ALL is neither contagious nor inherited. Its two main risk factors are age and sex. [8] While cases of most other leukemias increase with age, T-ALL is an exception, peaking in children aged 2 to 5 years. T-ALL is most prevalent in the adult population, but among paediatric cases, it has a median onset at age 9 and is most prominent in ...
There are a number of risk factors that have been studied for childhood leukemia. Genetic risk factors include: Down syndrome, Fanconi anemia, familial monosomy 7, Shwachman–Diamond syndrome, Bloom Syndrome, as well as mutations in specific gene mutations.
High levels of radiation exposure from nuclear fallout is a known risk factor for developing leukemia. [27] Evidence whether lesser radiation, as from x-ray imaging during pregnancy, increases the risk of disease remains inconclusive. [6]
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2014, about 5,980 new cases of chronic myeloid leukemia were diagnosed, and about 810 people died of the disease. This means that a little over 10% of all newly diagnosed leukemia cases will be chronic myeloid leukemia. The average risk of a person getting this disease is 1 in 588.
The increased risk is believed to be primarily due to the same risk factors that produced the first cancer, such as the person's genetic profile, alcohol and tobacco use, obesity, and environmental exposures, and partly due, in some cases, to the treatment for the first cancer, which might have included mutagenic chemotherapeutic drugs or ...
Environmental factors may also play a role in the development of CLL. [10] For instance, exposure to Agent Orange increases the risk of CLL, and exposure to hepatitis C virus may increase the risk. [32] There is no clear association between ionizing radiation exposure and the risk of developing CLL. [32]