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