Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a slow progressive blood cancer. The symptoms are fast bleeding, fatigue, fever, weight loss, loss of appetite, pale skin, and night sweats. Targeted drugs (Imatinib, Dasatinib), blood stem cell transplant, chemotherapy, and biological therapy are used in the treatment.
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I am diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I am 18 years old and I got told that I had chronic myeloid leukemia. Do I seriously have it? Or what do I really have? Blood test: high basophils and low hemoglobin. My symptoms are weight loss, anemia, dizziness and pale skin. Urine: leukocytes 1 to 2. And, I have a ball right under ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Well, CML (chronic myeloid leukemia) is a treatable blood cancer. The diagnosis of CML is suspected by a peripheral blood examination in which the number of basophils and eosinophils is highly raised and urine examination has no role in its diagnosis. So, on the basi... Read Full »