Leukemia, blastic phase of
A stage in which 30 percent or more of the cells in the bone marrow or blood are blast cells, which may form tumors.
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- Leukemia, chronic phase of
A stage in which there are few blast cells in the blood or bone marrow, and few if any symptoms.
- Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic
The most common form of leukemia in adults, in which lymphocytes look fairly normal but are not fully mature and do not function correctly against infection. The malignant cells are found in blood and bone marrow, collect in and enlarge the lymph nodes, and may crowd out other blood cells in the bone marrow, resulting […]
- Leukemia, hairy cell
A rare type of chronic leukemia in which the abnormal white blood cells appear to be covered with tiny hairs when examined microscopically. The hairy cells are malignant B lymphocytes. There may be too few normal blood cells of all types because of an excess of leukemic cells in the bone marrow. The deficit of […]
- Leukemia, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
- Leukemia, lymphocytic
Cancer of blood cells that are precursors of lymphocytes. The two major types of lymphocytic leukemia are acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CML). Also known as lymphoid leukemia.