Health and medicine: Leukemia treatment

There are three main solutions to treat leukemia. Chemotherapy is a collection of drugs which target cells that rapidly multiply (a key characteristic in cancer). Radiation is often used on patients who are at a high risk of the leukemia entering the brain. For resistant leukemias, bone marrow transplantation is considered.

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Leukemia

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