TREATMENT+of+Leukemia+by+Sherry+&+Shradha

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What is the treatment for the disease? Is there a cure?
**Treatments used for leukemia:** **Supprotive therapy-** blood transfusions and antibiotics. **Chemotherapy-** use of chemicals to treat a disease They use special machine to diliver high-energy rays that damage cancer cells and stop them from growing. They make use of radiation from XRay or radioactive materials like cobalt 60. It is directed to specific areas where the leukemia cells collect. most effective treatment, most dangerous. Give high doses of chemotherapy and radiation; destroys all of patients' bone marrow, to kill cells that are source of the cancer. Then they give a healthy bone marrow from a donor with similar tissue. Uses substances produced by body to increase ability to fight off leukemia. Several substances from the immune response; body's way of protecting against infections and other diseases; scientists produce some of those substances in their lab, and use them to help body defend against leukemia and other forms of cance r.
 * Radiation Therapy-**
 * Bone Marrow Transplantation-**
 * Newest- Under Investigation- Biological Treatment-**

Which type of treatment is the most effective?