Any cancer diagnosis—or just the idea of one—is scary. Leukemia can be especially scary because it's a bit confusing. Unlike liver or breast cancer, the word doesn't specify where the cancer ...

Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow, with certain types associated with different age groups. Congenital leukemia is seen in young infants who are born with this cancer.

Nitin Jain, MD: Hello, and welcome to CURE Expert Connections®. I’m Dr Nitin Jain, associate professor in the Department of Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I would like to welcome ...

Leukemia and lupus are both conditions that affect the immune system. Although they are different, they share certain symptoms. A person with lupus may have increased risk of developing leukemia.

All types of leukemia can lead to an enlarged spleen, but it generally occurs more frequently in chronic leukemias. Chronic leukemias develop slowly compared with acute leukemias which grow fast. In ...

For months, college student Breeze Hunter, 22, felt pressure and pain in her head. “I had a lot of fluid in my ears, which was causing the headaches,” she says. “I went to a clinic a few times and ...