For more information, please listen to the recording on wellness exams in the healthy living section of your AudioHealth Library directory. The diagnosis of leukemia is based on a thorough physical exam by your doctor and specific lab tests. Leukemia is usually treated with chemotherapy. The goal of therapy is to kill the cancer cells and relieve symptoms. When there are no cancer cells in the blood or bone marrow, it is said that the patient is in remission.
Remissions can last from a few weeks to many years.
For more information, please listen to the recording entitled treatment types in the cancer section of your AudioHealth Library directory. Currently, there is no known way to prevent leukemia. For information on support groups in your area, call your local chapter of the American Cancer Society.