Childhood cancer

Which is the most common type of cancer in children?

• Acute myelogenous leukemia

• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

• Lymphoma

• Neuroblastoma

The overproduction of immature WBC. Causes RBC and platelet count to be suppressed.

• Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) 

• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: 

• Lymphomas: 

• Brain Tumors: 

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

T/F: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is rapidly growing

• False

• True

Treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

• Radiation

• Surgery

• Chemo

Over production of immature myeloblasts, decreasing the production of other blood cells

• Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) 

• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: 

• Lymphomas

• Bone cancers

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Where does Acute Myelogenous leukemia originate?

• Bone

• Lungs

• Brain

• Liver

• Lymph Nodes

T/F: acute myelogenous leukemia responds well to chemo

• False

• True

What is some treatment for Acute myelogenous leukemia?

• Radiation

• Bone marrow transplant

• stem cell

• chemo

Difference between Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma

• Hodgkin: no presence of reed-sterberg, originate in the blood

  Non-Hodgkin: presence of reed-sternberg and originate in the head and neck

• They are the same thing

• Hodgkin: reed sternberg cells present and originate in neck and chest

  NON Hodgkin: B/T lymphocytes malfunction and over proliferate. No presence of reed-sternberg cells and spreads through blood stream

Which are these symptoms of?

Swollen lymph nodes, fever, night sweats

• Non-Hodgkin

• Hodgkin

• ALL

• AML