B Cell Leukemia Treatment

Depending on the type of leukemia you have you may receive a single drug or a combination of drugs.

B cell leukemia treatment. This drug treatment uses chemicals to kill leukemia cells. Determine the type of lymphocytes involved. This is often started during induction and continued through the other phases of treatment. It affects certain cells in the immune system called b cells and t cells all usually affects b cells in children.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia all is the most common type of cancer in children. Some people may have a good response to first line treatment such as fludarabine but may still have some evidence of a small number of leukemia cells in the blood bone marrow or lymph nodes. Treatment needs to be given either to keep the leukemia cells from spreading to the cns cns prophylaxis or to treat the leukemia if it has already spread to the cns. Whether the leukemia cells began from b lymphocytes or t lymphocytes.

A high number of b cells one type of lymphocyte may indicate chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Chemotherapy is the major form of treatment for leukemia. Age at the time of diagnosis sex race and ethnic background. A test called flow cytometry or immunophenotyping helps determine whether an increased number of lymphocytes is due to chronic lymphocytic leukemia a different blood disorder or your body s reaction to.

How quickly and how low the leukemia cell count drops after the first month of treatment. B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a cancer that affects your b lymphocytes white blood cells that grow in the soft center of your bones called marrow. You have several treatment options if you have b cell lymphoma. This is a slow growing type that affects the spleen lymph nodes and blood.

Common treatments used to fight leukemia include. If the leukemia responds stem cell transplant may be an option for some patients. This is known as minimal residual disease. The number of white blood cells in the blood at the time of diagnosis.

B lymphocytes are supposed to grow.