| Very often persons without any disease symptoms | | | | The most efficient treatment is the injection of |
| whatsoever are diagnosed with chronic myeloid | | | | healthy cells from a compatible donor inside the bone |
| Leukemia during a routine blood testing. Unlike the | | | | marrow. It has the highest chances of curing the |
| acute forms of Leukemia, the chronic form develops | | | | patients but also the most many side-effects. The |
| an increased number of white blood cells which can | | | | second therapy method is the targeted therapy with |
| still work normally in spite of their high rate of division. | | | | Gleevec but its curative potential is not yet well |
| This aspect is responsible of the mild onset of the | | | | established as it has been available only since 2001. A |
| disease but the negative impact is due to the | | | | treatment way with benefic results until this time is |
| impossible stopping of the white cell production. | | | | the immune sustaining Interferon. Other possible |
| The most effective treatment in these cases is a | | | | cures are in course of development but are not yet |
| bone marrow transplant that still implicates risks that | | | | approved. |
| make it inaccessible to many of the Leukemia | | | | Patients requesting a treatment for Leukemia always |
| patients. A series of other different therapy methods | | | | expect to be cured after the therapy. The most |
| are available that mostly implicate high challenges in | | | | efficient treatment is the bone marrow transplant |
| deciding upon the right one. | | | | with also the most high risks and side-effects. Other |
| The increased production of immunity white blood | | | | possible cures are still in process of experimentation |
| cells is caused by an abnormal chromosome called | | | | and their capacity to provide a definitive cure is |
| Philadelphia that allows the bone marrow to produce | | | | unknown. A series of years are required to |
| irregular cells with a very rapid multiplication rate inside | | | | determine their exact benefit. |
| the bloodstream. Most of the chronic myeloid | | | | A patient choosing to undergo a bone marrow |
| patients are taken by surprise by diagnose as they | | | | transplant must be matched with an available donor |
| have no clinical manifestations. | | | | and take a cure with immuno depressives who may |
| The actual development of the disease is mostly | | | | cause a series of infections due to the decreased |
| unknown but physicians usually use the number of | | | | capacity of defense of the organism. A patient must |
| white blood cells to predict the further course of the | | | | be well informed about the risk and the cure |
| Leukemia; a further identification of abnormal cells | | | | statistics before choosing to suffer a transplant. This |
| inside the bone marrow has a negative prognosis. | | | | therapy is the most appropriate for young patients |
| Another important clinical sign is the increase of some | | | | but is not recommended for elder persons with other |
| organ's size (especially spleen) due to an accumulation | | | | pathological conditions. |
| of white cells inside their tissues. | | | | |