Leukemia

Red blood cells (red) can be distinguished from white blood cells (blue nucleus and pink cytoplasm) by using Light Giemsa staining. This technology can be used to characterize blood cancer

Leukemia is blood and bone marrow cancer classified according to the type of blood cells they suffer and the rate at which they progress. Leukemia occurs in two major types of white blood cells, lymphocytes and bone marrow cells. A rapidly growing leukemia is called acute leukemia. Leukemia with slow growth

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia arises from a genetic abnormality called the Philadelphia chromosome and develops through various stages. CML occurs mainly in adults, but few children develop this disease.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is the most common type of leukemia in children in developed countries. ALL starts from my bone marrow and often enters into the blood quickly

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia usually gets worse slowly. CLL is the second most common form of adult leukemia. More than half of those diagnosed with CLL are over 70 years of age and cases rarely occur in people under 40 years of age.

Leukemia: There are basically four main types of leukemia. These are acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. This type is usually formed in bone marrow or tissue, which is part of blood cells, and is called blood cancer.

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a disease known to have too many immature granulocytes (a kind of leukocytes) in blood and bone marrow. There are many subtypes of AML, including acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, acute monocytic leukemia, acute myelomonocytic leukemia, erythroleukemia, and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. Compared with adult leukemia, pediatric leukemia often has different features and treatments. Acute lymphocytic leukemia has "child's peak" and the proportion of acute myelogenous leukemia is lower than in adult patients. Clinical prognostic factors include involvement in age, white blood cell count (WBC), and central nervous system (CNS). Infants under 1 year old and younger than 10 years old, more than 50,000 leukocytes, or involvement of the central nervous system with poor prognosis

Leukemia is often described as "rapidly growing" acute "or slow growing" chronic ". The majority of childhood leukemia is acute leukemia, which is more common in adults than in children. Acute leukemia usually develops rapidly and deteriorates (several days to several weeks). Chronic leukemia develops over a later period (months), but it is more difficult to treat than acute leukemia. Here are some of the major types of leukemia that occur in children.