<strong> <a href="http://careandhealed.com/2009/11/death-sentence-of-leukemia/">DEATH SENTENCE OF LEUKEMIA, IS IT?</a></strong><p><span class="rdetector_placeholder_before"></span> <div style="padding:1.2em;background-color:#HEX_HERE;line-height:1.4;"> <h3>Who is Kareem Abdul Jabbar? He’s a NBA player, a very talented one. <a title="Kareem Abdul Jabbar Biography" href="http://www.nba.com/history/players/abduljabbar_bio.html" target="_blank"><strong>NBA </strong></a>wrote :</p> <blockquote><p><em><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-763" title="Kareem Abdul Jabbar" src="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/kareem-abdul-jabbar-300x243.jpg" alt="Kareem Abdul Jabbar" width="300" height="243" />When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the game in 1989 at age 42, no NBA player had ever scored more points, blocked more shots, won more Most Valuable Player Awards, played in more All-Star Games or logged more seasons. His list of personal and team accomplishments is perhaps the most awesome in league history: Rookie of the Year, member of six NBA championship teams, six-time NBA MVP, two-time NBA Finals MVP, 19-time All-Star, two-time scoring champion, and a member of the NBA 35th and 50th Anniversary All-Time Teams. He also owned eight playoff records and seven All-Star records. No player achieved as much individual and team success as did Abdul-Jabbar.</em></p></blockquote> <p>During an interview with <strong><a title="Kareem Abdul Jabbar revealed his disease" href="http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/kareem-abdul-jabbar-has-rare-form-of-leukemia" target="_blank">the Associated Press</a></strong> on Monday, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed that he is being treated for a rare form of leukemia. Kareem apparently learned of the diagnosis nearly a year ago, but held off on making the news public until now. Abdul-Jabbar, 62, also told “Good Morning America” that he’d been diagnosed in December with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia, or PH+CML, a rare cancer of the blood and bone marrow.</p> <p>“I heard the word ‘leukemia,’ and I thought this was definitely a <strong>death sentence</strong>,” Abdul-Jabbar said.</h3> <p style="height: 1.4em;"> <h2>Leukemia</h2> <p>Leukemia is one of the top 15 most frequently occurring cancers in all races or ethnicities. Leukemia incidence is highest among whites (12.8 per 100,000) and lowest among American Indians/Alaskan natives (7.0 per 100,000), Asian and Pacific Islander populations (7.3 per 100,000).</p> <p>Is leukemia a death sentence for us? How much the probability for being survived? How high the successful rate in handling leukemia? How good is the prognose? And how rare the leukemia that Abdul Jabbar suffer from? How much time left? When someone was diagnoses as leukemia, he should race against time to find the cure. So, let’s find out what we’ve got here. As usual I will divide these explanations into a couple sections, so it’s easier to understand them step by step. Our eyes and mind need more time to read. Or you might like to print this article.</p> <p style="height: 1.4em;"> <h2>Easy Understanding about Leukemia</h2> <p>Leukemia is a form of cancer that begins in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow—the soft, inner part of the bones. Leukemia, which literally means “white blood” in Greek, occurs when there is an excess of abnormal white blood cells in the blood.Known as leukocytes, these cells are so plentiful in some patients that the blood actually has a whitish tinge. To understand cancer, it helps to know how normal blood cells form.</p> <p>From <strong><a title="Medicinenet.com" href="http://www.medicinenet.com/leukemia/article.htm" target="_blank">medicinenet.com</a></strong> we know that bone marrow developes most blood cells, called as <em>stem cell</em>. In adults, only the marrow of certain bones — the spine, ribs, pelvis, and some others — continues to make blood. Bone marrow that actively produces blood cells is called <em>red marrow</em>, and bone marrow that no longer produces blood cells is called <em>yellow marrow</em>.</p> <p>Below is the normal form of blood cells.</p> <p style="height: 1.4em;"> <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-759" title="Blood form" src="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Blood-form3.jpg" alt="Blood form" width="471" height="351" /></p> <p style="height: 1.4em;"> <p>You can see that before become white blood cell, the blood was in myeloblast and lymphoblast forms. These two kind of forms are also called as white blood. Each abnormality of these forms are called as leukemia, but the type is depend on which cell involved is.</p> <p>Under the microscope, analyst can easily identify leukemia cells as it’s different from the others. Below is some of the example.</p> <p><a class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)" href="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/WBC-count.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-764" title="Normal White Blood Cell" src="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/WBC-count.jpg" alt="Normal White Blood Cell" width="150" height="150" /></a><a class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)" href="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/acute-myeloid-leukemia.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-756" title="Acute Myeloid Leukemia" src="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/acute-myeloid-leukemia.jpg" alt="Acute Myeloid Leukemia" width="150" height="150" /></a><a class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)" href="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/acute-lymphocytic-leukemia.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-755" title="Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia" src="http://careandhealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/acute-lymphocytic-leukemia.jpg" alt="ALL" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <p style="height: 1.4em;"> <p><strong>Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia</strong><br /> Characterized by excess lymphoblasts. ALL is categorized according to a system known as the French-American-British (FAB) Morphological Classification Scheme for ALL (L1 – L3)</p> <p><strong>Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia</strong><br /> Also called as B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Characterized by excess B-cell lymphocyte, grow out of control and accumulate in the bone marrow and blood, where they crowd out healthy blood cells. CLL is classified by one of two staging systems, although these systems are based on cytology (the study of cell characteristics) and are different from the staging used to evaluate other, nonleukemic cancers. The first system—known as Rai Classification—is used more often in the United States; the other system—known as Binet Staging—is more popular in Europe. Both methods are correlated with prognosis.</p> <p><strong>Acute Myeloid Leukemia</strong><br /> Characterized by excess myeloblast. Acute Leukemia, such as AML, is categorized according to a system known as French-American-British (FAB) classification. FAB divides AML into eight subtypes: M0 – M7</p> <p><strong>Chronic Myeloid Leukemia</strong><br /> Also called as Chronic Granulocytes Leukemia. Characterized by excess granulocyte (neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils). Like other forms of leukemia, CML is not staged. Rather, this unstable disease is categorized according to the three phases of its development: chronic, accelerated, and blast.</p> <p style="height: 1.4em;"> <p>Next, we’ll find out what this CML is all about and how to deal with this rare disease. A few question still remain to answer. Now, whenever someone is diagnosed as one of the leukemia above, you should know what it is.</p> <p style="height: 1.4em;"> <p>(continue to <a title="Chronic Myeloid Leukemia" href="http://careandhealed.com/2009/11/chronic-myeloid-leukemia" target="_self"><strong>Chronic Myeloid Leukemia</strong></a>)</div> <input type="hidden" id="rdetector_data" value="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" name="rdetector_data" /><span class="rdetector_placeholder_after"></span></p> <p>Related posts:</p><ol><li><a href='http://careandhealed.com/2009/11/chronic-myeloid-leukemia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA'>CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA</a></li> <li><a href='http://careandhealed.com/2009/11/cam-treatment-for-leukemia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: CAM TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA'>CAM TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA</a></li> <li><a href='http://careandhealed.com/2010/03/pencangkokan-sel-induk-di-indonesia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: PENCANGKOKAN SEL INDUK DI INDONESIA'>PENCANGKOKAN SEL INDUK DI INDONESIA</a></li> <li><a href='http://careandhealed.com/2010/03/terapi-stem-cell/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Stem Cell, Inikah Terapi Yang Ditunggu-tunggu Itu?'>Stem Cell, Inikah Terapi Yang Ditunggu-tunggu Itu?</a></li> <li><a href='http://careandhealed.com/2010/03/proses-pencangkokan-sel-induk/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: PROSES PENCANGKOKAN SEL INDUK'>PROSES PENCANGKOKAN SEL INDUK</a></li> </ol><br> <div style="border: 2px dashed #C2C2C2;padding: 3px;background: #FFFFFF;padding:7px;"> This article is published by <a href="http://careandhealed.com">http://careandhealed.com</a>. 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