Leukemia - Symptoms
Symptoms of leukemia depend on how much the cancer has grown and may include:
- Fevers and night sweats.
- Frequent or unusual infections.
- Weakness and fatigue.
- Headaches.
- Bruising of the skin and bleeding from the gums or rectum.
- Bone pain.
- Joint pain.
- Swelling in the belly or pain on the left side of the belly or in the left shoulder from a swollen spleen.
- Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, neck, or groin.
- Decreased appetite and weight loss because you feel full and don't want to eat.
The chronic forms of leukemia often cause no symptoms until much later in the disease.
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you. Newly Diagnosed Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment of newly diagnosed childhood acute myeloid leukemia may include the following: Combination chemotherapy plus central nervous system sanctuary therapy (intrathecal chemotherapy with...
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