What is Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
What is Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Most common child form of leukemia; can also affect adults especially over 65.
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts or Burkitt cells in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. It includes the precursor B lymphoblastic leukemia, precursor T lymphoblastic leukemia, and Burkitt's leukemia.
Source - Diseases Database
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia: acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Introduction
How many people get Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
Incidence (annual) of Acute lymphocytic leukemia: 3,830 new cases for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
Incidence Rate of Acute lymphocytic leukemia: approx 1 in 71,018 or 0.00% or 3,830 people in USA [about data]
Who gets Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
Patient Profile for Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Usually children; also adults especially seniors over 65.
Profile for Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is the most
common type of leukemia in young children. This disease also
affects adults, especially those age 65 and older. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Leukemia: NCI)
How serious is Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
Complications of Acute lymphocytic leukemia:
see complications of Acute lymphocytic leukemia
5-year survival rate for Acute lymphocytic leukemia: 75.0% 5-year survival rate for white children under 15-years old with acute lymphocytic leukaemia in the US 1983-90 (SEER)
Deaths for Acute lymphocytic leukemia: 1,450 estimated deaths for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
What causes Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
Causes of Acute lymphocytic leukemia: see causes of Acute lymphocytic leukemia
What are the symptoms of Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
Symptoms of Acute lymphocytic leukemia:
see symptoms of Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Complications of Acute lymphocytic leukemia:
see complications of Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Acute lymphocytic leukemia.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Acute lymphocytic leukemia:
see treatments for Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Research for Acute lymphocytic leukemia:
see research for Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Name and Aliases of Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Main name of condition: Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Other names or spellings for Acute lymphocytic leukemia:
ALL
Acute lymphocytic leukaemia, Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL
Source - Diseases Database
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Source - WordNet 2.1
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