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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secondary leukemia

Health care; Leukemia

A leukemia arising as a result of previous chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or both. This can occur after treatment of lymphoma or other cancers such as breast or ovarian cancer.

erythroleukemia

Health care; Leukemia

A sub-type of acute myelogenous leukemia in which in its initial phase, the leukemic cells are composed principally of erythroblasts and is often with very striking structural aberrations.

A subtype of MDS in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification that includes patients who do not have refractory anemia or other MDS subtypes, but have either neutropenia or thrombocytopenia ...

refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia

Health care; Leukemia

A subtype of MDS in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification that includes patients with less than 10 percent abnormal cells in two or three blood cell types with blast levels less than ...

lymph node dissection

Health care; Leukemia

A surgical procedure in which lymph nodes are removed and examined to see whether they contain cancer. Also called lymphadenectomy.

lymphadenectomy

Health care; Leukemia

A surgical procedure in which the lymph nodes are removed and examined to see whether they contain cancer. For a regional lymph node dissection, some of the lymph nodes in the tumor area are removed; ...