Causes of Leukemia

Leukemia Causes: Risk Factors

The following conditions have been cited in various sources as potentially causal risk factors related to Leukemia:

• Gender - males more than females.
• Race - Caucasians more often than African Americans.
• Radiation exposure
  • High-energy radiation - e.g. in atomic bomb explosions
  • Nuclear accidents
  • Radiation therapy
  • Radioactive iodine (I-131) therapy
• more risk factors »

Race Patterns for Leukemia Causes:

Racial Details for Leukemia: in white people more often than in black people. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Leukemia: NCI) ...more »

Leukemia Causes: Male-Female Gender Ratio

Gender of Patients for Leukemia: Males more than females....more »

Gender Profile of Leukemia: leukemia occurs in males more often than in females (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Leukemia: NCI) ...more »

Leukemia: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Leukemia, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Leukemia:

• Acute lymphoid leukemia
• Chronic lymphoid leukemia
• Acute myeloid leukemia
• Chronic myeloid leukemia
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation

Leukemia: Causes and Types

Causes of Types of Leukemia: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Leukemia:

• Subtype by progression:
  • Acute leukemia - gets worse quickly.
  • Chronic leukemia - gets worse more slowly.
• Type of cell affected:
  • Lymphocytic leukemia - affecting lymphoid cells
• more types...»

Causes of Broader Categories of Leukemia: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Cancer
• Immunoproliferative diseases
• Blood conditions
• Bone Marrow Conditions
• Myeloproliferative diseases
• Immune disorders
• Blood cancers
• more types...»

Leukemia as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Leukemia as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Leukemia. Our database lists the following as having Leukemia as a complication of that condition:

• Bloom Syndrome
• Brain cancer
• Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
• Chromosome 9, monosomy 9p
• Down Syndrome
• Fanconi syndrome
• Fanconi's anemia
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group A
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group B
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group C
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group D1
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group D2
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group E
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group F
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group G
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group I
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group J
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group L
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group M
• Fanconi's anemia -- Complementation group N
• Fanconi's anemia -- Estren-Dameshek variant
• Hodgkin's Disease
• N syndrome
• Neutropenia, severe chronic
• Polycythemia

Leukemia as a symptom:

Conditions listing Leukemia as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Leukemia. Our database lists the following as having Leukemia as a symptom of that condition:

• Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced
• Aleukemic leukemia cutis
• Fanconi pancytopenia
• Leukemia, T-Cell
• Li-Fraumeni syndrome
• N syndrome
• Osteopetrosis, intermediate form
• Sezary syndrome
• T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• WT limb blood syndrome

Medical news summaries relating to Leukemia:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Leukemia:

• 17 substances added to America's list of carcinogens
• Low dose radiation exposure increases risk of cancer
• Occupational exposure to pesticides link to cancer
• More news »

Related information on causes of Leukemia:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Leukemia may be found in:

• Risk factors for Leukemia
• Genetics of Leukemia
• Hidden causes of Leukemia

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