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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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epidemiology
Health care; Leukemia
The study of disease in populations. These studies relate the incidence and prevalence of disease to genetic and environmental factors.
disease-free survival
Health care; Leukemia
The proportion of patients in complete remission who have had no recurrence of disease during the time period under study (e.g., one year, five years, ten years, etc.)
granulocytic sarcoma
Health care; Leukemia
This designation applies to a local tumor composed of leukemic myeloblasts and sometimes related myeloid cells. These tumors occur outside the marrow and have been observed beneath the skin and in ...
trisomy
Health care; Leukemia
The presence of a third chromosome added to the normal pair. For example, trisomy 21, three of chromosome 21 is associated with Down syndrome.
radiation therapy
Health care; Leukemia
The use of x-rays and other forms of radiation in treatment. Radiation therapy may be useful in the treatment of some localized blood cancers. Radiation therapy can be an important adjunct to therapy ...
immune response
Health care; Leukemia
The reaction of the body to foreign material. Examples of foreign material are an infection-causing microorganism, a vaccine or the cells of another person used for an allogeneic stem cell ...
