Should Leukemia Be Capitalized?

#APStyle tip: Lowercase arthritis, leukemia, etc. Capitalize a name associated with a disease such as Alzheimer's disease.

Should medical conditions be capitalized?

Do not capitalize the names of conditions, syndromes and the like, but capitalize a personal name that forms part of such a term: diabetes insipidus. Down syndrome.

Is cancer capitalized?

For example, cancer (sometimes referred to colloquially as 'the big C') may be an important word, but it is not a proper noun and therefore does not take an initial capital. Cancer is a common noun that describes a type of disease; however, some types of cancers do take an initial capital.