17 Months Ago. SAT Score 1490, Top 20% Interested in Syracuse University My involvement with my school, I started to attend Glyn School in September 2012 and one of the first things that I did was to join the school council.7 Months Ago. SAT Score 1490, Top 20% Interested in Syracuse University My involvement with my school, I started to attend Glyn School in September 2012 and one of the first things that I did was to join the school council.
Leukemia is the most common form of pediatric cancer. It affects approximately 3,250 children each year in the US, accounting for about 30 percent of childhood cancers. It can occur at any age, although it is most commonly seen in children between 2 and 6 years of age. The child with leukemia often shows symptoms of an infection such as fever, runny nose, and cough. 2  Bone and joint pain can happen when the bone marrow is overcrowded and âfull.â. 3  Abdominal distress happens when leukemia cells collect in the kidney, liver and spleen, causing enlargement of these organs.
Leukemia is the most common form of childhood cancer. In the United States, leukemia affects around 3,500 children aged 0-14 each year which represents around 40% of all childhood cancers. In young adults, leukemia rates are somewhat lower but the disease is still one of the 5 most common forms of cancer in the 15-39 age group. Childhood leukemia rates in the USA have been increasing steadily by around 1% a year for the past half century.