Leukemia* is a malignant disease (cancer) of the bone marrow and blood. It is characterized by the uncontrolled accumulation of blood cells. Leukemia is divided into four categories: myelogenous or lymphocytic‚ each of which can be acute or chronic. The terms myelogenous or lymphocytic denote the cell type involved. Thus‚ the four major types of leukemia are: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Acute leukemia
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Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow‚ the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made. The word "acute" in acute myelogenous leukemia means the disease’s rapid progression. It’s called myelogenous leukemia because it affects a group of white blood cells called the myeloid cells‚ which normally develop into the various types of mature blood cells‚ such as erythocytes‚ leukocytes and thrombocytes. A myelocyte is a young cell of the granulocytic series
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Introduction Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that the body uses to fight infections. In ALL‚ the bone marrow makes lots of unformed cells called blasts that normally would develop into lymphocytes. However‚ the blasts are abnormal. They do not develop and cannot fight infections. The number of abnormal cells (or leukemia cells) grows quickly. They crowd out the normal red blood cells‚ white blood cells
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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Multiple forms of leukemia are present in today’s children. The four major forms of childhood leukemia include Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia‚ Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia‚ Acute Myelogenous Leukemia‚ and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) is cancer of the bone and bone marrow (“Acute Myelogenous Leukemia” 1). Compared to AML where 10% of AML patients are children‚ Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia accounts for 80% of all childhood acute leukemia’s.
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Cierra Ross Mrs. Davis English 12‚ 3rd Period 01 February 2017 Leukemia Leukemia usually refers to abnormally shaped white blood cells. Since they multiply at an uncontrolled and fast rate it is known as the cancer of the blood. From the Greek words Leukos means white‚ and hemia means blood. Leukemia is a type of cancer with no known cure that has many treatments and symptoms‚ but with more research maybe one day there will be a cure. Leukocytes are supposed to attack‚ kill‚ and help
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acute myeloid leukemia is a fast progressive malignant disease in which there are an excessive amount of immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow‚ the cells being precisely those intended to give rise to the granulocytes or monocytes‚ both types of white blood cells that fight infections. “Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has many other names‚ including acute myelocytic leukemia‚ acute myelogenous leukemia‚ acute granulocytic leukemia‚ and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia” (What is Acute
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Mikaela Fernandez Hour 1‚ Fouts What is Leukemia? The story of my search on leukemia. March 19th‚ 2004. I was 14 months old so now that I’m 14‚ I was not able to recall anything. But this was the night‚ that I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. Up until now‚ my parents have always told me about what I went through but only little bits. I wondered : How is leukemia even formed? How dangerous and quick can this cancer spread? What were the side effects showing the doctors that I had
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Leukemia Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός‚ "white"; aima αίμα‚ "blood") is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells‚ usually white blood cells (leukocytes). It is part of the broad group of diseases called hematological neoplasms. Contents * 1 Symptoms * 2 Four major types * 3 Causes and risk factors * 4 Treatment options for leukemia by type o 4.1 Acute Myelogenous
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There are many different types of cancers that exist‚ but the one that will be the focus of this paper will be Leukemia. Leukemia is a type of blood-forming cancer‚ which occurs when there is an increased of uncontrolled immature or mature cells in the bone marrow. Leukemia usually involves the lymph nodes‚ spleen‚ and the liver. Leukemia is such complex cancer because there are many different types of white blood cells (Wbcs) that may be altered and change the rate of the way on how the cell is
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is one of the most common forms of leukemia there is‚ it appears mainly in older people. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a disease known worldwide that has many causes‚ symptoms‚ treatments‚ and effects of treatments. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia ends many lives all year round. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is caused from multiple lymphocytes that effect the bone marrow. There are a lot of other causes that professionals have put out there
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