Acute leukemia treatments will depend on overall patient’s condition such as the severity of the disease, patient health condition, and patient’s previous treatment history.
Acute leukemia is a disease that results in the accumulation of functionless, immature cells in the blood and marrow. Often the marrow can no longer develop enough normal platelets, white and red blood cells.
Commonly the disease is treated with pharmaceutical medications, typically combined into a multi-drug chemotherapy regimen. In some cases, a bone marrow transplant is useful.
The following systems are typically included in a treatment plan for acute leukemia.
1. Chemotherapy
The main purpose of acute leukemia chemotherapy treatment is to kill the abnormal cell in the bone marrow and blood and gives change to the remaining normal cells to grow and produce normal blood cells again. Chemotherapy is the most effective treatment for acute leukemia, because the bone marrow is present in many bones throughout the body.
2. Transfusions
Patients with chemotherapy, often require transfusions of platelets and red blood cells. It because in chemotherapy process, blood counts frequently drop to low levels before normal blood cells begin to grow again.
3. Venous catheter
A surgeon who does the acute leukemia treatment will typically place a long-term central venous catheter under the collarbone or in the neck in a vein. The catheter is tunneled from the vein under the skin, exiting in the middle of the chest.
The tubing provides access for blood sampling, the administration of chemotherapy and antibiotics and blood transfusions.
4. Bone marrow transplant
Bone marrow transplantation is often recommended to become the treatment of acute leukemia to patients who have a subtype of acute leukemia or if the leukemia recurs after initial treatment. The transplant can use cells from another person the patient’s own cells or.
