Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | |
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| Term | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| Short definition | chronic lymphocytic leukemia - (pronounced) (KRAH-nik LIM-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An indolent (slow-growing) cancer in which too many immature lymphocytes (white blood cells) are found primarily in the blood and bone marrow. Sometimes in the later stages of the disease, cancer cells are found in the lymph nodes and the disease is called small lymphocytic lymphoma. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
chronic lymphocytic leukemia - (pronounced) (KRAH-nik LIM-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An indolent (slow-growing) cancer in which too many immature lymphocytes (white blood cells) are found primarily in the blood and bone marrow. Sometimes in the later stages of the disease, cancer cells are found in the lymph nodes and the disease is called small lymphocytic lymphoma. Also called CLL
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