Aml is the most.
Cell leukemia types.
This is the most common type of leukemia in young children.
B cells are a specific type of lymph cell that affect a body s immune system.
Doctors categorize leukemia based on which type of white blood cell is involved lymphocytes or myeloid cells and whether the illness is developing very quickly acute disease or slowly over time chronic disease.
The lymphoma cells are small and found mainly in the bone marrow lymph nodes and spleen.
There are three major types of blood cancer.
The major types of leukemia are.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia all.
The leukemia cells are carried in the bloodstream to other organs and tissues.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll and small lymphocytic lymphoma sll are very similar because they have the same type of cancer cell.
This lymphoma is discussed in detail in waldenstrom macroglobulinemia.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll.
All can also occur in.
Lymphocytic leukemias develop from cells that give rise to t lymphocytes t cells b lymphocytes b cells or natural killer nk cells.
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells.
Despite the name hairy cell leukemia hcl is sometimes considered to be a type of lymphoma.
Acute myeloid leukemia aml.
Prolymphocytic leukemia pll and hairy cell leukemia hcl.
Myeloid cells are immature blood cells that d normally become.
They re both slow growing and you treat them the same way.
There are 4 main types of leukemia based on whether they are acute or chronic and myeloid or lymphocytic.
Acute myelogenous leukemia aml.
Aml is a common type of leukemia.
Leukemia involving myeloid cells is called myelogenous leukemia.
It may also spread to lymph nodes and organs such as the liver and spleen.
It occurs in children and adults.
Both chronic lymphocytic leukemia small lymphocytic lymphoma cll sll and chronic myeloid leukemia cml have similar signs as their acute forms but mature cell counts can be closer to normal resulting in less severe symptoms.
Leukemia is also classified according to the type of cell.
