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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Leukemia

A type of white cell that represents about 5 to 10 percent of the cells in normal human blood. The monocyte and the neutrophil are the two major microbe-eating and microbe-killing cells in the blood. ...

National Cancer Institute

Health care; Leukemia

One of the many Institutes that makes up the National Institutes of Health. Each Institute is dedicated to research on the causes, behavior, treatment, and prevention of human diseases. The ...

G-banding karyotyping

Health care; Leukemia

A karyotype is the systematic arrangement, using images, of the 46 human chromosomes of a cell. Karyotypes are examined for deviations from the expected arrangement, number, size, shape or other ...

thrombocytopenia

Health care; Leukemia

A below-normal concentration of platelets in the blood.

in vitro

Health care; Leukemia

A biological process made or facilitated to occur in a laboratory vessel or other controlled experimental environment rather than within a living organism or natural setting.

sedimentation rate

Health care; Leukemia

A blood test that measures how quickly red cells (erythrocytes) settle in a test tube in one hour. A sedimentation rate test is done to find out if inflammation is present in the body, to check on ...

leukemia

Health care; Leukemia

A cancer of the marrow and blood. The four major types of leukemia are acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.