LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
Joining hands to help patients cope: improving the quality of life of patients and their families. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society offers the most comprehensive array of services to patients and families touched by blood cancers.
A diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma brings many daily challenges. The Society is committed to providing support and guidance to patients and the health professionals who care for them.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is your No. 1 source for information and support.
Leukemia is the general name for four different types of blood cancers. The ways that individuals with leukemia are affected and treated and the rate at which the disease progresses, are different with each type of leukemia.
The four types of leukemia each begin in a cell in the bone marrow. The cell undergoes a leukemic change and it multiplies into many cells. The leukemia cells grow and survive better than normal cells and, over time, they crowd out normal cells.
