How do people get leukemia and is there a cure for leukemia?
Adult leukemias and lymphomas are diseases that attack the blood and lymph nodes. Although most people consider leukemia to be a childhood cancer, the majority of those who are diagnosed with leukemia are adults. Improvements in treatments over the last decade have made it possible for physicians to treat the disease aggressively and in some cases to cure it. There are several major types of the disease, each with its own set of symptoms and treatments. Hodgkin's disease is a cancer of the lymph nodes. Once considered fatal, it is now usually curable. Other diseases of the lymph tissues include adult non Hodgkin's lymphomas, some ofwhich are slow growing, while others progress rapidly. Careful planning is necessary to determine the best treatment in each individual case. Sarcomas, cancers that begin in the body's connective tissue, are usually divided into two groups: bone cancers and soft tissue sarcomas. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation are often used in the init...