Acute lymphocytic leukemia
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| Acute lymphocytic leukemia | |
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| Term | Acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| Short definition | acute lymphocytic leukemia (uh-KYOOT LIM-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) A type of leukemia (blood cancer) that occurs quickly and grows quickly. In acute lymphocytic leukemia, there are too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) in the blood and bone marrow. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
acute lymphocytic leukemia - (pronounced) (uh-KYOOT LIM-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) A type of leukemia (blood cancer) that occurs quickly and grows quickly. In acute lymphocytic leukemia, there are too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and ALL
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- Medical encyclopedia article on Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Wikipedia's article - Acute lymphocytic leukemia
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