Leukemia

by Connie Goldsmith

An estimated 245,225 people in the United States are currently living with leukemia or are in remission. More than forty-three thousand Americans are diagnosed with the disease each year. But leukemia is no longer the almost-certain death sentence that it once was. Advanced treatment options have increased survival rates and even brought about complete cures in some cases. As USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, reports, "About 20,000 bone marrow...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761360875
• ISBN13: 9780761360872
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary