Leukemia Awareness Orange Ribbon Angel

Leukemia Orange Awareness Ribbon Angel

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, the spongy center of bones where our blood cells are formed. The disease develops when blood cells produced in the bone marrow grow out of control.

An estimated 47,150 new cases of leukemia are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2012.  The four most common types of leukemia are:

• acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
• acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
• chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
• chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

Each main type of leukemia is named according to the type of cell that's affected (a myeloid cell or a lymphoid cell) and whether the disease begins in mature or immature cells.

Other types of leukemia and related disorders include:

• hairy cell leukemia
• chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML)
• juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

After diagnosis and treatment, many people with leukemia live many good, quality years.  The above information is from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).

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Let this orange awareness ribbon angel help support those coping with and caring for those with leukemia.

Learn more about leukemia and find out about free programs for patients, family members and caregivers on the LLS website:

http://www.lls.org/diseaseinformation/leukemia/

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