Dr. Mane Medical Foundation and Research Center
What are the risk factors of blood cancer? The exact cause of blood cancer is not known yet. However, few risk factors which may lead to blood cancer are: Age, Family history, Viral infections like Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), Radiation, Certain chemotherapy drugs, Genetic disorders like Down syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Blood disorders …
More than 10,000 cases of childhood leukemia are reported annually in India. According to WHO, incidences of blood cancer cases in India are 71,659 in 2012 out of which 53,678 resulted in deaths. India is the 3rd highest blood cancer cases in the world after USA and China. In 2012, leukemia ranked 9 and Non-Hodgkin’s …
