Acute promyelocytic leukemia
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| Acute promyelocytic leukemia | |
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| Term | Acute promyelocytic leukemia |
| Short definition | acute promyelocytic leukemia (uh-KYOOT proh-MY-eh-loh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (rapidly growing) form of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature haematopoietic cells in the blood and bone marrow. It is usually characterized by an exchange of parts of chromosomes 15 and 17. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
acute promyelocytic leukemia - (pronounced) (uh-KYOOT proh-MY-eh-loh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (rapidly growing) form of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature haematopoietic cells in the blood and bone marrow. It is usually characterized by an exchange of parts of chromosomes 15 and 17. Also called APL and promyelocytic leukemia
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