Childhood Leukemia Treatment Side Effects

Dr van der plas specializes in looking at the neurocognitive effects of childhood leukemia treatment.

Childhood leukemia treatment side effects.

Find out more about second cancers. But children who receive certain types of more intense chemotherapy have up to a 5 chance of developing aml. Low blood cell counts. She published a research paper in september last year showing that childhood all survivors are more likely to have difficulties with memory and inhibition or voluntary restraint of motor actions than children who have not had leukemia.

This page includes several links outside of this guide to other sections of this website. More rarely children treated for leukemia may later develop non hodgkin lymphoma or other cancers. Red cells anemia platelets thrombocytopenia white cells called neutrophils and monocytes neutropenia and. One of the most serious possible side effects of acute lymphocytic leukemia all therapy is a small risk of getting acute myeloid leukemia aml later on.

Aml decreases the production of normal blood cells. Side effects and complications. This occurs in a small percentage of patients after getting certain chemotherapy drugs such as epipodophyllotoxins etoposide teniposide alkylating agents cyclophosphamide chlorambucil or anthracyclines daunomycin doxorubicin. Less than 1 of children who have received standard therapy for all develop aml.

In addition chemotherapy is toxic to both normal blood cells and aml. You will learn more about coping with the physical emotional social and financial side effects of childhood cancer and its treatment. Depending on the leukemia treatment given it can lead to medical conditions including. For example changes in blood cells can lead to infections or severe bleeding and may affect the amount of oxygen reaching the body s tissues.

Every cancer treatment can cause side effects or changes to your child s body and how he or she feels. Treatment may involve antibiotics blood transfusions. Weighing the long term effects of childhood leukemia treatment.