A Reference Guide to Leukemia and Its Classifications Including Acute, Chronic, Lymphocytic, Lymphoblastic and Myelogenous Leukemia (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of blood cells, usually leukocytes. In 2000, approximately 256,000 children and adults around the world developed a form of leukemia, and 209,000 died from it. It helps to be informed, and this book provides an comprehensive overview of the disease. Read about its classifications, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, management, and much more. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.