Chronic Lymphocitic Leukemia

Chronic Lymphocitic Leukemia is a type of cancer that starts from a group of white blood cells in bone marrow named Lymphocytes which function to protect human body from infections. Eventually the cancerous cells spread into human’s blood circulation. This type of cancer is called chronic because the cancer progresses more slowly than other types of Leukemia. In 25% of this type of cancer cases, when the cancer was first diagnosed, it has already in end stage of cancer development (i.e. stage IV). Peak incidence of this cancer is higher from 55 years old population. The cancer is usually treated with chemotherapy regimen, which would destroy not only the cancer cells but also all other normal cells. So, in many cases, after completing chemotherapy sessions, bone marrow transplantation might be done to inject healthy bone marrow producing normal blood cells.