Crossword clues for leukemia
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1851, on model of German Leukämie (1848), coined by R. Virchow from Greek leukos "clear, white" (cognate with Gothic liuhaþ, Old English leoht "light;" see light (n.)) + haima "blood" (see -emia).
Wiktionary
n. (context US English) A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.
WordNet
n. malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer [syn: leukaemia, leucaemia, cancer of the blood]
Wikipedia
Leukemia, also spelled leukaemia, is a group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal white blood cells. These white blood cells are not fully developed and are called blasts or leukemia cells. Symptoms may include bleeding and bruising problems, feeling tired, fever, and an increased risk of infections. These symptoms occur due to a lack of normal blood cells. Diagnosis is typically made by blood tests or bone marrow biopsy.
The exact cause of leukemia is unknown. Different kinds of leukemia are believed to have different causes. Both inherited and environmental (non-inherited) factors are believed to be involved. Risk factors include smoking, ionizing radiation, some chemicals (such as benzene), prior chemotherapy, and Down syndrome. People with a family history of leukemia are also at higher risk. There are four main types of leukemia — acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) — as well as a number of less common types. Leukemias and lymphomas both belong to a broader group of tumors that affect the blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid system, known as tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues.
Treatment may involve some combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and bone marrow transplant, in addition to supportive care and palliative care as needed. Certain types of leukemia may be managed with watchful waiting. The success of treatment depends on the type of leukemia and the age of the person. Outcomes have improved in the developed world. The average five-year survival rate is 57% in the United States. In children under 15, the five-year survival rate is greater than 60 to 85%, depending on the type of leukemia. In children with acute leukemia who are cancer-free after five years, the cancer is unlikely to return.
In 2012, leukemia developed in 352,000 people globally and caused 265,000 deaths. It is the most common type of cancer in children, with three quarters of leukemia cases in children being the acute lymphoblastic type. However, about 90% of all leukemias are diagnosed in adults, with AML and CLL being most common in adults. It occurs more commonly in the developed world.
Leukemia is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Nature Publishing Group. It was established in 1987 by Nicole Muller-Bérat Killman and Sven-Aage Killman, and is currently edited by Professors Andreas Hochhaus and Robert Peter Gale. The journal covers research on all aspects of leukemia and has a 2015 impact factor of 12.104.
Usage examples of "leukemia".
Blood-borne cancers such as leukemia are not like tumors in the usual sense.
Leukemia was the epitome of my helplessness, for the treatment was to bomb the bone marrow with cell poisons called cytotoxins until it looked, under the microscope, like Hiroshima, all black, empty, and scorched.
They moved to Leicestershire in 1973, after their daughter Valerie died from leukemia.
During his last month of third grade, their elder son, Toby, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Emma Eldridge had lost more than twenty pounds since her daughter was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia was one of the most common forms of cancer they dealt with, and also one that frequently demanded blood transfusions.
Except for increasing exhaustion and continued weight loss, she had manifested no signs or symptoms of acute lymphocytic leukemia, AIDS, or any other disorder known to medical science.
This pleased her immensely because this blood was from a woman who, seven years earlier, while a student in medical school, had faced a death sentence from acute myelocytic leukemia .
I was in medical school I was diagnosed with acute myelocytic leukemia .
Barton tells us he started to write his latest tale just as he came down with what was thought to be acute myelogenous leukemia.
It was during such a corridor conversation that I first learned of a new therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia, called Gleevec.
Western Peds, where Sandra Leon had been treated for leukemia, was a couple of blocks east.
Longuet regards the condition of the blood in leukemia as the cause of such priapism, and considers that the circulation of the blood is retarded in the smaller vessels, while, owing to the great increase in the number of white corpuscles, thrombi are formed.
Their main targets were viral infections like HIV and various forms of cancer, especially leukemia.
Less than a month later, Charlotte Franklin’s malady would be diagnosed as incurable, and six weeks after that she’d be dead from leukemia.