Cancer Health Center
Leukemia - Prevention
There is no known way to prevent most types of leukemia. Most people with leukemia do not have known risk factors. A risk factor is anything that raises your chances of getting a disease.
Some types of leukemia may be prevented by avoiding high doses of radiation, exposure to the chemical benzene, smoking and other tobacco use, or certain types of chemotherapy used to treat other types of cancer.8
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Leukemia Topics
Experts are making great strides in treating cancer. But many of these advances apply only after the cancer has been diagnosed. Now the disease is about to come under attack with a revolutionary tool called a nanoshell. Learn how scientists hope the new technology will detect and destroy cancer cells sooner.
