Leukemia facts

Leukemia is a malignant cancerous disease in which immature white blood cells increase at an extraordinary rate. The victim suffers from progressive fatigue and weakness, unusual bruising and bleeding, and the enlargement of the lymph nodes and other vital organs.

Leukemia is more common among children than adults (7:3). Worldwide, it occurs in 3 out of 100,000 persons.

The more common forms are Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) and Acute Myelogeneous Leukemia (AML). With early and sustained therapy over three years, cure rates are 70% and 30%, respectively.

Leukemia is the foremost cancer in the children of the Philippines. It accounts for roughly 1,000 new cases each year.