Defining Leukemia
Symptoms and diagnosis
Stages and types of Childhood Leukemia I
Stages and types of Childhood Leukemia II
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What are the main 3 types of blood cancers?
Lymphoma, Leukemia, Myeloma
100
What is the gold standard to diagnose Leukemia?
Finding abnormally high numbers of blast cells in the blood/bone marrow/CSF
100
Lymphocytic Leukemias originate from what kind of stem cell?
Lymphoid stem cells
100
Myelogenous Leukemias originate from what kind of stem cell?
Myeloid stem cells
200
Which specific cells are cancerous in myeloma?
Plasma Cells
200
Besides a blood samples, what other 2 types of samples are obtained to diagnose Leukemia?
Bone marrow and CSF samples
200
Which kind of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia is more prevalent, B-cell or T-cell?
B-cell, which accounts for 80-85% of the cases!
200
Of the 4 main types of childhood leukemias, which one is the most rare in children: ALL, AML, CML or CLL?
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
300
Where does Leukemia begin?
Bone Marrow
300
Name 4 possible symptoms of childhood Leukemia.
Easy bruising or bleeding, petechiae (small red spots on the skin), abdominal discomfort, weight loss or suboptimal weight gain, dyspnea (difficulty breathing or shortness of breath), frequent infections, bone and joint pain, swelling of lymph node, and symptoms of anemia
300
What are the 4 main types of childhood Leukemia?
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemias (ALL), Acute Myelogenous Leukemias (AML), Chronic Myelogenous Leukemias (CML), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemias (CLL)
300
In chronic Myelogenous Leukemias (CML), what is the order of the following 3 phases: accelerated phase, blast phase, chronic phase?
Chronic, Accelerated, Blast
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