Childhood Leukemia Treatment Side Effects

But children who receive certain types of more intense chemotherapy have up to a 5 chance of developing aml.

Childhood leukemia treatment side effects.

You will learn more about coping with the physical emotional social and financial side effects of childhood cancer and its treatment. 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. More rarely children treated for leukemia may later develop non hodgkin lymphoma or other cancers.

Depending on the leukemia treatment given it can lead to medical conditions including. Find out more about second cancers. Aml decreases the production of normal blood cells. In addition chemotherapy is toxic to both normal blood cells and aml.

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. Less than 1 of children who have received standard therapy for all develop aml. Weighing the long term effects of childhood leukemia treatment. This page includes several links outside of this guide to other sections of this website.

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. Use the menu to see other pages. Red cells anemia platelets thrombocytopenia white cells called neutrophils and monocytes neutropenia and. One of the most serious side effects of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia all is the chance of developing acute myelogenous leukemia aml.

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. Treatment may involve antibiotics blood transfusions. Every cancer treatment can cause side effects or changes to your child s body and how he or she feels.