Background: Leukemia is a hematopoietic malignancy characterized by abnormal leukocyte production in the bone marrow. The mortality and incidence rates of children with leukemia are the highest among all childhood cancers. One type of leukemia is acute myeloid leukemia (AML). About 20% of AML cases occur in children. The outcomes of children with AML may be influenced by several factors. Object…
Background: Leukemia is a hematologic malignancy arising from the abnormal proliferation of immature leukocytes. It ranks as the 13th most frequently diagnosed cancer and the 10th leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Based on proliferation rate and cell lineage, leukemia is classified as acute or chronic, and as myeloid or lymphoid. Laboratory examination, cytomorphologic and cytoch…
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in children, especially cancer of the haematopoietic system known as leukaemia. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is the most common type of leukaemia in children. Since 2019 to now, Mohammad Hoesin Hospital Palembang has used the LLA-2018 national protocol as a chemotherapy protocol for LLA children, but there has been no further research on the outcome…
Leukemia is a malignant disease of blood cells of bone marrow origin, characterized by a progressive proliferation of white blood cells (leukocytes) with the manifestation of the presence of abnormal cells in peripheral blood. The treatment given to children with leukemia is chemotherapy. Side effects of chemotherapy have an impact on the child's gastrointestinal system that gives rise to nause…
Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a type of leukemia that causes organomegaly and organ failure with the characteristics of proliferation and accumulation of pathological cells of the lymphopoietic system. Leukemia can harm all ages, although the most common occurrence is in children. Pain is the most common nursing problem in children with ALL. Objective: This paper aims to des…