Childhood Leukaemia

Joh S. Lilleyman is Professor of Paediatric Surgery at The Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield.

The beginning; cells, cancer and blood; bone marrow, the nursery of blood cells and the seat of leukaemia; acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 1 - its recognition, causes and types; acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 2 - initial treatment; acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 3 - risk factors, the outcome of treatment and the problem of relapse; acute myeloid leukaemia; bone marrow transplantation; rare and strange childhood leukaemias; living with leukaemia - at the time, and afterwards.