leukemia
Marrow produces wrong
Leukemia is a cancer of blood-forming tissues, particularly bone marrow, characterized by the uncontrolled production of abnormal white blood cells.
These malignant cells crowd out healthy blood cells, leading to anemia, infection susceptibility, and bleeding problems.
There are several types classified by how quickly they progress (acute or chronic) and which blood cells are affected.
She was diagnosed with leukemia at age twelve.
Treatment typically involves chemotherapy, radiation, or bone marrow transplantation.
Anti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- immunotherapyDisease treatment via body's defenses
- inductionFormal admission process
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
maintenance · remission · relapse · transfusion · antibiotics
Immune cells in blood
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- myeloidOf bone marrow origin
- hematopoiesisBlood cell production process
- blastsSudden violent bursts
Of bone marrow origin
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- chronicPersisting over time
- ALLThe complete amount
- AMLIllicit finance prevention framework
T-cell · B-cell · precursor · pediatric · secondary · refractory · relapsed
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- pallorUnhealthy facial whiteness
- bruisingCausing tissue discoloration
- petechiaeMinute subcutaneous hemorrhages
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
infections · fever · hepatomegaly · weakness · neutropenia · immunodeficiency
Genetically identical copies
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- neoplasticOf abnormal growths
- mutagenesisInducing stable genetic changes
chromosomal · translocation · cytogenetics · BCR-ABL · oncogene · undifferentiated · infiltration
Temporary disease absence
- relapseReturn to former illness
- refractoryResistant to heat/control
- cureTreatment that heals
- mortalityState of eventual death
chemotherapy
Anti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- immunotherapyDisease treatment via body's defenses
- inductionFormal admission process
consolidation · maintenance · remission · relapse · transfusion · antibiotics
leukocytes
Immune cells in blood
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- myeloidOf bone marrow origin
- hematopoiesisBlood cell production process
myeloid
Of bone marrow origin
AML · T-cell · B-cell · precursor · pediatric · secondary · refractory · relapsed
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- pallorUnhealthy facial whiteness
- bruisingCausing tissue discoloration
- petechiaeMinute subcutaneous hemorrhages
bleeding · infections · fever · hepatomegaly · weakness · neutropenia · immunodeficiency
clonal
Genetically identical copies
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- neoplasticOf abnormal growths
mutagenesis · chromosomal · translocation · cytogenetics · BCR-ABL · oncogene · undifferentiated · infiltration
remission
Temporary disease absence
- relapseReturn to former illness
- refractoryResistant to heat/control
- cureTreatment that heals
mortality · favorable · unfavorable · monitoring · progression
- Cancermalignant, carcinoma, metastasis, tumor growth, staging
- Childhood Conditionsasthma, diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy
- blood conditionsanaemia, leukaemia, septicemia, polycythemia, thalassemia
- hematologyblood smear, bone marrow, bone marrow biopsy, hemoglobin, hematocrit
- radiobiologyradiobiology, DNA damage, mutations, ionizing radiation, cell damage
- blood disorderssickle cell disease, thalassemia, leukopenia, neutropenia, hemophilia
leukemiacarcinoma
Epithelial malignant tumor
sarcoma · melanoma · adenocarcinoma · breast cancer · lung cancer
- childhood leukemiaCancer in children's blood
- leukemia treatmentTherapy for blood malignancy
- feline leukemiaRetroviral cat disease
- acute leukemiaFast-moving blood cell cancer