UA scientists are seeking definitive links between recent unexplained leukemia clusters and surrounding environmental factors in an attempt to understand mysterious child cancer cases in Fallon, Nev., ...

Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) are immature red blood cells that cannot perform their functions. They can indicate a person might have leukemia or another blood disorder, such as anemia. Share on ...

Formaldehyde is carcinogenic to humans, a draft risk assessment released April 14 by the US Environmental Protection Agency concludes. The review, conducted by the agency’s Integrated Risk Information ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. AML specifically affects the myeloid cells, which are immature white blood cells. It is one of the most ...

Dear Dr. Roach: What are the known causes of leukemia? -- B.B. Answer: "Leukemia" comes from the Greek roots for "white blood" because an excess of white blood cells can be seen even without a ...

Leukemia causes the bone marrow to produce a large number of abnormal blood cells, which hinders its ability to create other essential blood cells like red blood cells and platelets, potentially ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • What are the known causes of leukemia? — B.B. Answer • “Leukemia” comes from the Greek roots for “white blood” ...

ATL is a rare cancer that results from long-term infection with the HTLV-1 virus. Most subtypes of this cancer are aggressive and have a poor outlook. But emerging treatments may offer new hope. Adult ...

Contrary to previous belief, stem cells, from which all new blood cells are formed, remain in bone marrow in the blood cancer type acute lymphocytic leukemia. This disease, however, causes a hidden ...

While childhood leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children, leukemia in children younger than a year old is very rare. In fact, only about 160 infants in the United States are diagnosed ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...