Neoplastic Process
acute lymphocytic leukemia
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Also called:
ALL
Definitions related to acute lymphocytic leukemia:
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(leukemia, lymphoblastic, malignant) A progressive, proliferative disease of blood cells, originating from immature lymphoid cells.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Acute leukemia in which lymphoblasts and their progenitor cells predominate; the most common childhood cancer and accounts for 20 percent of adult acute leukemia; common ALL antigen (CALLA) expressed in most cases.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. These cells crowd out the healthy blood cells, making it hard for blood to do its work. In acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia, there are too many of specific types of white blood cells called lymphocytes or lymphoblasts. ALL is the most common type of cancer in children. Possible risk factors for ALL include being male, being white, previous chemotherapy treatment, exposure to radiation, and for adults, being older than 70. Symptoms of ALL include: Weakness or feeling tired; Fever; Easy bruising or bleeding; Bleeding under the skin; Shortness of breath; Weight loss or loss of appetite; Pain in the bones or stomach; Pain or a feeling of fullness below the ribs; Painless lumps in the neck, underarm, stomach, or groin. Tests that examine the blood and bone marrow diagnose ALL. Treatments include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplants, and targeted therapy. Targeted therapy uses drugs or other substances that attack specific cancer cells with less harm to normal cells. Once the leukemia is in remission, you need additional treatment to make sure that it does not come back. NIH: National Cancer InstituteMedlinePlusU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(acute lymphoblastic leukemia) A form of acute leukemia characterized by excess lympoblasts.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(acute lymphoblastic leukemia) A rapidly progressive cancer of the blood and bone marrow consisting of the proliferation of lymphoblasts, which are immature, dysfunctional white blood cells.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(acute lymphoblastic leukemia) Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. It includes the acute B lymphoblastic leukemia and acute T lymphoblastic leukemia.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer; it also strikes adults of all ages. Malignant transformation and uncontrolled proliferation of an abnormally differentiated, long-lived hematopoietic progenitor cell results in a high circulating number of blasts, replacement of normal marrow by malignant cells, and...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a malignant (clonal) disease of the bone marrow in which early lymphoid precursors proliferate and replace the normal hematopoietic cells of the marrow. ALL is the most common type of cancer and leukemia in children in the United States.WebMD, 2019
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Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow - the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). It may develop in children or adults. ALL spreads to the blood fairly quickly, and then may spread to other areas of the body such as the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, central nervous system, and...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a malignant clonal disease that develops when a lymphoid progenitor cell becomes genetically altered through somatic changes and undergoes uncontrolled proliferation. This progressive clonal expansion eventually leads to ALL, characterized by early lymphoid precursors replacing the normal hematopoietic...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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