Leukemia is the most common cancer in Hispanic children and adolescents. Five-year relative survival rate is slightly lower for Hispanics than that of non-Hispanic whites. The overall cure rate is around 40%. 318.9 million people live in the U.S.A. More than 327,520 people are living with leukemia 67,870 people are estimated to die from blood cancer.
There are a few ways to cure cancer one of them being a stem cell transplantation. A stem cell transplant infuses healthy blood forming stem cells into the body. Stem cells can be collected from the bone marrow, circulating blood and umbilical cord blood. The second is chemotherapy. The third is radiation therapy. Radiation therapy may be used to destroy cancer cells or to relieve pain or discomfort. It may also be given before a stem cell transplant.
Scientists have been injecting mice with blood cancer and they have been able to fight it off. From this information scientists learn that the mice’s kids have this ability. It’s genetic. Scientists plan do a blood transfusion from select donors, into patients with advanced forms of cancer. They have been waiting for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to give them a go. The study, given the go-ahead by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will involve treating human cancer patients with white blood cells from healthy young people whose immune systems produce cells with high levels of cancer fighting