What is the incidence of leukemia in kids with Down's Syndrome?
There's a little girl in my region with DS and has leukemia. Her parents were never told about the connection between DS and leukemia after birth.
She's suppose to be doing well. But apparently this only happens in 7% of all DS cases.
- Steve C
Down's Syndrome is a genetic disorder and, as such, is capable of manifesting itself in many ways---some usual and expected, some not. I know of no definitive link between DS and leukemia, however, if the damaged or split or extra chromosome contained the genes for producing blood cells, this could result in the sort of abnomality that will make this poor child's life a difficult road indeed.
- lividuva
There is a link to leukaemia and people/children with certain genetic disorders like downs syndrome. This is mentioned on the website below.
My daughter got leukaemia in 05, she doesn't have down syndrome. But it is mentioned in alot of the information about leukaemia and its causes.
While I was pregnant with one of my other children, she was given a high risk of have downs...We were not told that if she had it, this was one of the conditions she may get. She didn't have downs syndrome though. I think there should be more information given to parents about these genetic conditions..I would want to know the worst, to be prepared. I hope the little girl does well.
- julie's_GSD_kirby
hi...unfortunately there is a higher risk of children with down syndrome having leukemia. I found this in many books and articles that I have read. I did find on article that is very optimistic concerning the remission of the disease and less likeliness of relapse.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20050201/down-syndrome-mutation-helps-leukemia-survival
I hope this helps with your question.
- Char
Check here, it has the best info that I know of:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes
Leukemia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment of this blood-related cancer.
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Understanding Down Syndrome
This is the VOA Special English Health Report, from voaspecialenglish.com Human genes are normally organized along forty-six chromosomes in our cells, twenty-three from each parent. But some people are born with an extra copy of the twenty-first chromosome. This third copy is a result of a mistake in cell division. The name for this condition is Down syndrome. A British doctor named John Langdon Down first described it in the eighteen sixties. An estimated three hundred fifty thousand people in the United States have Down syndrome. Many babies with Down syndrome have low muscle tone, so they need extra support when they are held. Their heads are smaller than average and they may have unusually shaped ears. Also, their eyes often angle upward. People with Down syndrome often have other conditions. These include problems with their heart and with their breathing and hearing. A lot of these conditions, though, are treatable. About one in every one hundred people with Down syndrome will develop leukemia, a cancer of the blood. But the National Down Syndrome Society says many of these cases are curable as well. As a result, people with Down syndrome are living longer. In the early nineteen eighties they lived an average of just twenty-five years. Today the life expectancy for someone with Down syndrome is sixty years. But with that longer life, people with Down syndrome may have an increased risk for Alzheimers disease at an early age. An estimated twenty-five percent of those ...
Leukemia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment of this blood-related cancer.
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