Childhood Leukemia Treatment Side Effects

Less than 1 of children who have received standard therapy for all develop aml.

Childhood leukemia treatment side effects.

Find out more about second cancers. Dr van der plas specializes in looking at the neurocognitive effects of childhood leukemia treatment. This page includes several links outside of this guide to other sections of this website. One of the most serious side effects of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia all is the chance of developing acute myelogenous leukemia aml.

In addition chemotherapy is toxic to both normal blood cells and aml. Weighing the long term effects of childhood leukemia treatment. Use the menu to see other pages. One of the most serious possible side effects of acute lymphocytic leukemia all therapy is a small risk of getting acute myeloid leukemia aml later on.

But children who receive certain types of more intense chemotherapy have up to a 5 chance of developing aml. Red cells anemia platelets thrombocytopenia white cells called neutrophils and monocytes neutropenia and. Aml decreases the production of normal blood cells. Every cancer treatment can cause side effects or changes to your child s body and how he or she feels.

Learning problems are often associated with radiation therapy targeted at the brain. Treatment may involve antibiotics blood transfusions. She published a research paper in september last year showing that childhood all survivors are more likely to have difficulties with memory and inhibition or voluntary restraint of motor actions than children who have not had leukemia. Depending on the leukemia treatment given it can lead to medical conditions including.

You will learn more about coping with the physical emotional social and financial side effects of childhood cancer and its treatment. More rarely children treated for leukemia may later develop non hodgkin lymphoma or other cancers. For example changes in blood cells can lead to infections or severe bleeding and may affect the amount of oxygen reaching the body s tissues.