• April 25, 2024

In recent days, have you noticed pale, you feel fatigue and they bleed gums ? Watch out! You could be a victim of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) an aggressive type of Cancer of blood and bone marrow .

It mainly affects minors of age, but they also have the greatest expectation of overcoming it thanks to advances in the fight against Cancer .

Public Enemy

According to hematologist, Fernando Pérez Rocha In Mexico, 1,500 cases of ALL are diagnosed, 60% of them in children under 18 years of age. Only 10% of patients can be cured, but only through bone marrow transplantation.

Max Saracha , medical director of laboratories Amgen , notes that the younger the patient is, the better chance of getting around the disease with the appropriate treatment.

Other symptoms:

• Bleeding in the gums
• Fever and frequent infections
• Frequent or severe nosebleed
• Inflammation of lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, abdomen or groin
• Paleness and difficulty breathing
• Weakness, fatigue or general decrease in energy

Expectation in adults

Saracha states that 8 out of 10 adults diagnosed with ALL are candidates for treatment chemotherapy , and half of them to have a relapse that will most likely cost you your life.

Between 30 and 40% of those who relapse manage to overcome the disease. Those that do not have a survival no longer than 24 weeks ".