What is the disease leukemia?
Does anybody know what organs leukemia affects and how it affects the bodies homeostasis?
Homeostasis=to maintain a stable environment
- Joseph M
it effects the blood cells. i think the white blood cells. i am not 100 percent sure though but it has to do with blood cells
- dee
cancer of the blood or bone marrow. it effect white blood cells
- Ema
It affects the white blood cells.
My cousin had it for 2 years, she did survive, but just like any cancer you lose all your hair and you have a shortage of white blood cells.
- scat201
leukaemia is cancer of the blood so mainly affects the bone marrow but can also affect other organs in the body due to the persons inability to fight of infections or viruses.
Leukaemia is when the bone marrow produces too many white cells but lets them out into the body before they are mature so they don't know how to do there job.
you can find out more about leukaemia on these sites.
- ~FaIrY mOm~
Leukemia is a malignant disease (cancer) of the bone marrow and blood. It is characterized by the uncontrolled accumulation of blood cells. Leukemia is divided into four categories: myelogenous or lymphocytic, each of which can be acute or chronic. The terms myelogenous or lymphocytic denote the cell type involved. The are four major types of leukemia.
Leukemia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment of this blood-related cancer.
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