Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced /luːˈkiːmiːə/ loo-KEE-mee-ə) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce...
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone...
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the lymphoid line of blood cells characterized by the development of large numbers of immature lymphocytes...
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Early on, there...
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells. It is a form of leukemia characterized by...
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Myeloid leukemia is a type of leukemia affecting myeloid tissue. Types include: Acute myeloid leukemia: A cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized...
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Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus that infects cats. FeLV can be transmitted from infected cats when the transfer of saliva or nasal secretions...
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Childhood leukemia is leukemia that occurs in a child and is a type of childhood cancer. Childhood leukemia is the most common childhood cancer, accounting...
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML, APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer of the white blood cells. In APL, there is an abnormal...
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Lymphoid leukemias are a group of leukemias affecting circulating lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. The lymphocytic leukemias are closely related...
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myeloproliferative. Chronic leukemia may refer to: Chronic myelogenous leukemia Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including Hairy cell leukemia Myeloproliferative...
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Acute leukemia or acute leukaemia is a family of serious medical conditions relating to an original diagnosis of leukemia. In most cases, these can be...
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cell leukemia is an uncommon hematological malignancy characterized by an accumulation of abnormal B lymphocytes. The incidence of hairy cell leukemia (HCL)...
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myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, and prolymphocytic leukemia. Aleukemic leukemia cutis...
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monoblastic leukemia. Monocytic leukemia is almost always broken down into "acute" and "chronic": acute monocytic leukemia chronic myelomonocytic leukemia v t...
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Leukemia is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Nature Publishing Group. It was established in 1987 by Nicole Muller-Bérat Killman and Sven-Aage...
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Leukemia virus may refer to: Abelson murine leukemia virus Bovine leukemia virus Feline leukemia virus Human T-lymphotropic virus Murine leukemia virus...
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1949, is a voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting blood...
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specific genetic abnormality in chromosome 22 of leukemia cancer cells (particularly chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cells). This chromosome is defective and...
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Precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a form of lymphoid leukemia in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in...
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL or ATLL) is a rare cancer of the immune system's T-cells caused by human T cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type 1...
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Types of eosinophilic leukemia include: Chronic eosinophilic leukemia Acute eosinophilic leukemia Clonal eosinophilia This set index article includes...
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Subleukemic leukemia, also known as leukemia subleukemic and aleukemic leukemia cutis, is a rare, cancerous blood disease characterized by the presence...
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Graft-versus-tumor effect (redirect from Graft versus leukemia effect)
hematologic malignancies. This effect applies in myeloma and lymphoid leukemias, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and possibly breast cancer. It is closely...
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KMT2A (redirect from Myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia)
N-methyltransferase 2A, also known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia 1 (ALL-1), myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1), or zinc finger protein HRX (HRX),...
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Leukemia Research may refer to: Leukemia Research (journal), a scientific journal Blood Cancer UK, previously known as Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and...
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Prolymphocytic leukemia is divided into two types according to the kind of cell involved: B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia and T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. It is...
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Acute erythrocyte leukemia (AEL) is an extremely rare form of acute myeloid leukemia (less than 1% of AML cases) which is characterized by neoplastic proliferation...
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Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a rare form of chronic leukemia (cancer of the blood) that affects children, commonly those aged four and younger...
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