Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Shannah Byrnes, Olivia Gorom, Grace Krieger, and Sarah Fox
What is ALL?
Statistics
- September is Leukemia Awareness Month
- The color for the Leukemia awareness ribbon is orange
- 6,020 new cases of ALL in the United States in 2014 (adults and children)
- Average odds to acquire ALL is 1/750
- There is a higher risk in whites to acquire this cancer rather than any other race
- Potential risk is highest in children under the age of 5
- Family history and exposure to radiation affect the risk of getting ALL as a child
- Children with down syndrome are 20-50x more likely to acquire ALL
- There is an 80% cure rate in children
Treatment
Works Cited
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"Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)." National Cancer Institute. National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, 5 June 2014. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
"Leukemia." National Cancer Institute. National Cancer Institute, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2014.
Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia." Definition. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.