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**What is Leukemia? **
 Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow, a spongy tissue inside some of your bones containing immature cells known as stem cells. Leukemia is formed when abnormal white blood cells grow out of control and crowd healthy cells. The abnormal white blood cells aren’t mature and can’t carry out their infection-fighting function in the bloodstream, as well as the red blood cells which carry oxygen to the body and the platelets which causes a person to have a blood clot.

There are a few different types of Leukemia. The most common is Childhood Leukemia or CML. A less common type of Leukemia is Acute Lymphoblastic or Lymphocytic Leukemia or AML. Acute means that the disease will progress very quickly. Juvenile Myelomonocytic leukemia or JMML is the Leukemia that is developed in children that are two years old or younger.

-1 in 1,000 children will be diagnosed with leukemia by age 19 -2,500 people in the U.S. are diagnosed each year
 * Extra Facts: **

-Leukemia is more common in kids under ten years old -Certain genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome can increase your chances of having Leukemia


 * Sources: **
 * "Facts about LEUKEMIA." Illinois Department of Public Health Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. .
 * "Leukemia." Ped-Onc Resource Center Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. .
 * "Bone Marrow Diseases: MedlinePlus." National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. N.p., n.d.

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