Leukemia

Leukemia

The prevention and treatment of leukemia -- cancer of the blood or bone marrow. The disease is characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells.

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histiocytosis

Health care; Leukemia

A disease in which histiocytes are the principal cells involved. Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a neoplastic proliferation of histiocytes that involves the skin, bone, brain and other organs.

A disease that results from a mutation in a single cell in a tissue. The change in DNA results in the uncontrolled growth and/or persistence of cells. Neoplasm is a synonym for cancer. Malignancy is ...

5q- Syndrome, 5q minus syndrome

Health care; Leukemia

A disorder of myeloid marrow cells that causes refractory (treatment-resistant) anemia associated with a deletion of the long arm (q arm) of chromosome 5 (del 5q). It affects about 20 to 30 percent ...

Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitor (FTI)

Health care; Leukemia

A drug that has the potential to kill cancer cells by inhibiting or reversing the effect of farnesyl transferase, an enzyme needed to activate oncogenes (cancer-causing genes). FTIs, including ...

anti-emetic

Health care; Leukemia

A drug to prevent or alleviate nausea and vomiting. Nausea and vomiting are side effects of some chemotherapy.

diuretic

Health care; Leukemia

A drug to promote the excretion of urine. May be used during chemotherapy to dilute the uric acid in the urine. Uric acid is a product of cell destruction that can precipitate in the kidney or ...

risk factor

Health care; Leukemia

A factor that is scientifically established to increase a person's chance of getting a disease. Risk factors can be classified as either genetic (inherited), lifestyle-related, or environmental. The ...