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1.N.A. (11.9.10) Childhood Leukemia. Retrieved December 1, 2010 from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childhoodleukemia.html This website is about Leukemia, how and where it forms, and types of treatment options. Your blood cells for in your bone marrow. White blood cell help your body fight infection. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. These cells crowd out the healthy blood cells, making it hard for blood to do its work. Leukemia can develop quickly or slowly. Acute leukemia is a fast growing type while chronic leukemia grows slowly. Children with leukemia usually have one of the acute types.

2.n.a. http://www.stlouischildrens.org/content/greystone_446.htm This website is about the affects of leukemia. Leukemia is cancer of the blood and develops in the bone marrow. The bone marrow is the soft, spongy center of certain bones that produces the three major blood cells: white blood cells to fight infection; red blood cells that carry oxygen; and platelets that help with blood clotting and stop bleeding. When a child has leukemia, the bone marrow, for an unknown reason, begins to make white blood cells that do not mature correctly, but continue to reproduce themselves. Normal, healthy cells only reproduce when there is enough space for them to fit. The body can regulate the production of cells by sending signals when to stop. [|http://www.acor.org/ped-onc/diseases/leuk.htm]