acute leukemia
Aggressive blood malignancy
Acute leukemia is a rapidly progressing cancer of blood-forming cells in the bone marrow.
Unlike chronic leukemia, which develops slowly, acute forms produce immature blood cells that multiply quickly and crowd out healthy cells, requiring immediate treatment: She was diagnosed with acute leukemia and began chemotherapy within days.
- blood cancerMalignancy in blood-forming tissues
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- bone marrowBlood cell birthplace
- bone marrow biopsyTissue sample from skeleton's interior
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