An oncologist caring for patients in and around Wichita and Great Bend, Kansas, Dr. Mark Fesen underwent fellowship training in medical oncology through the National Cancer Institute. Leukemia is among the many cancers Dr. Mark Fesen treats.
Leukemia is an umbrella term that encompasses cancers originating in blood cells, including the white and red blood cells and the platelets. For 2017, experts expect more than 62,000 Americans to receive a leukemia diagnosis. Presently, nearly 364,000 people in the United States live with leukemia or have had leukemia.
In terms of frequency, leukemia ranks ninth in the country, just under kidney cancer and just above endometrial cancer. However, leukemia is more deadly than either endometrial or kidney cancer in that it’s expected to kill more than 24,000 patients in 2017. The other two cancers combined are expected to kill about that many Americans in the same year.
Data indicates that though the rate of new leukemia cases has increased in the past decade, death rates have decreased and five-year survival rates have increased.
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