lymphocytic leukemia
One name covers two diseases that differ in nearly everything except the cell they come from: pace, age and urgency.
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A drug used to treat advanced prostate cancer that does not respond to hormones, adult acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, and advanced or chronic multiple sclerosis.
Read definitionmyelogenous
Myelogenous describes anything arising from or resembling bone marrow and is often used interchangeably with myeloid when naming certain leukemias.
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One of the two great branches of blood cell production, and the branch that supplies everything except lymphocytes.
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A drug used to treat acute leukemia.
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A drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
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A type of therapy that uses dogs or other pets to improve the physical and mental health of patients with certain acute or chronic diseases.
Read definitionPNH
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
Read definitionprecursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionprecursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
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A primary care doctor manages a person's overall health over time, providing preventive care and coordinating referrals to specialists as needed.
Read definitionpromyelocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow.
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Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate gland that can cause pelvic pain, urinary symptoms, or discomfort, arising from infection or other causes.
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other types of cancer.
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Getting better is not one event but a slope, and where the slope stops is what the word has to describe.
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A condition in which the kidneys stop working and are not able to remove waste and extra water from the blood or keep body chemicals in balance.
Read definitionSC-PEG E. coli L-asparaginase
A drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Read definitionSprycel
Sprycel is the brand name for dasatinib, a targeted drug used to treat certain leukemias driven by an abnormal fusion protein.
Read definitiontipifarnib
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other types of cancer.
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Toluene is a strong smelling industrial solvent whose vapors are toxic to the nervous system and other organs with significant exposure.
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