malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
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In 2002, I was able to donate my stem cells for a 44 year old man with leukemia.
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Twenty-one years ago, she learned that her 2-year-old son, Bradly, had leukemia.
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Only 25 to 50 percent of babies diagnosed with MLL leukemia survive the disease.
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Molly, a 10-year-old student at St. Emily, died in July after battling leukemia.
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Meanwhile, the patient was treated with chemotherapy for both types of leukemia.
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As a student, Kenney helped researchers study stem cell treatments for leukemia.
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Both have tested negative for feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus.
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Ryan was being treated for brain tumors at the same time as Walter had leukemia.
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It is common among leukemia patients who presumably get it through transfusions.
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- Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
- Leukemia (American English) or leukaemia (British English; Greek leukos ', "white"; aima ', "blood") is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of blood cells, usually leukocytes (white blood cells). Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. ...
- Leukemia is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Nature Publishing Group. It was established in 1987 by Nicole Muller-Bu00E9rat Killman and Sven-Aage Killman, and is currently edited by Professors Andreas Hochhaus and Robert Peter Gale. The journal covers research on all aspects of leukemia and has a 2015 impact factor of 12.104.
- A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues; Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues
- Cancer of the blood or blood-forming organs. People with leukemia often have a noticeable increase in white blood cells (leukocytes).
- A type of cancer that forms in the bone marrow, causing abnormal white blood cell development. Leukemia can be caused by exposure to certain carcinogenic substances.
- Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow and causes large numbers of blood cells to be produced and enter the bloodstream.
- Cancer of the blood. White blood cells may be produced in excessive amounts and are unable to work properly.
- A cancer in which the body produces a large number of abnormal blood cells.
