1. Leukemia
Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. It starts in the bone marrow, the soft tissue inside most bones. Bone marrow is where blood cells are made.
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2. Familial Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Study Information
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is studying families with multiple cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most common leukemia in adults in the Western Hemisphere. If CLL runs in your family, NCI invites you and your family to discus...
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3. Acute promyelocytic leukemia
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4. Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of the cancer acute myeloid leukemia (AML). APL is characterized by abnormal, heavily granulated promyelocytes, a form of white blood cells. APL results in the accumulation of these atypical promyelo.....
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5. Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: eMedicine Hematology
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a unique subtype of the acute leukemias. It has distinct cytogenetics, clinical features, and biologic characteristics. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is...
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6. Treatment of acute promyelocytic (M3) leukemia
Early diagnosis and treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), the M3 subtype of AML, is important because patients with APL may develop serious blood-clotting or bleeding problems. This can often be prevented or treated with blood-thinning ...
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7. acute promyelocytic leukemia - NDI Foundation
Leukemia arising from myeloid tissue in which the granular, polymorphonuclear leukocytes and their precursors predominate; See also acute myelogenous leukemia and chronic granulocytic leukemia. Called also granulocytic, myeloblastic, or myelocytic.....
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8. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) - Caring4Cancer
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a kind of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which is a type of blood cancer. APL is a leukemia that can cause a life-threatening bleeding problem called disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
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9. Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL): Cancer Information Service: Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center: University of Iowa Health Care
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Each type of leukemia is treated differently. It is important to know which type you have.
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10. Acute promyelocytic leukemia definition - Cancer Information (Cancers, Symptoms, Treatment) on MedicineNet.com
APL was first recognized as a distinct disease entity in 1957. It accounts for 5-10% of cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The peak incidence of APL is in young adults. APL is considered a type of AML and is classified as the M3 variant of AML...
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