Leukemia Affecting Children

Why is it that some forms of Leukemia affect mostly children? Nicoletta Lanese is a staff writer for Live who recently composed an article giving more information on the subject. The leukemias that seem to target children may exploit specific vulnerabilities that are found only in immature cells.

These forms of leukemia tend to begin early in life and affect far more children than adults. This type of cancer disrupts normal cell growth in the blood and bone marrow. This accounts for almost 1/3 of all childhood cancer cases, as reported to the American Cancer Society. …read more