LEUKEMIA:


effect of leukemia
LEUKEMIA CELLS
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts".
Leukemia can affect people at any age. In 2000 approximately 256,000 children and adults around the world had developed some form of leukemia, and 209,000 have died from it.
 About 90% of all leukemias are diagnosed in adults.