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	Feature Article Illustrations for this article Click on an image below to enlarge Bone marrow aspiration Acute lymphocytic leukemia - photomicrograph Show all 9 photos Leukemia Definition Leukemia is a group of bone marrow diseases involving an uncontrolled increase in white blood cells (leukocytes). For information about a specific type of leukemia, see the following: Hairy cell leukemia Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) See also leukemia resources. References Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKena WG. Clinical Oncology. 3rd ed. Orlando, Fl: Churchill Livingstone; 2004:2732. Hoffman R, Benz EJ, Shattil SS, et al. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 4th ed. Orlando, Fl: Churchill Livingstone; 2005:1124-1126. Continue reading this article

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Acute myeloid leukemia (3 images) (Doctor-Reviewed information)
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is cancer that starts inside bone marrow, the soft tissue inside bones that helps form blood cells. The cancer grows from cells that would normally turn into white blood cells. Acute means the disease develops quickly. Reviewer: Mark Levin, MD, Hematologist and Oncologist, Newark, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 04/01/2007

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) (6 images) (Doctor-Reviewed information)
Chronic myelogenous leukemia is cancer of the bone marrow. Reviewer: Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 09/11/2006

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) (4 images) (Doctor-Reviewed information)
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells (lymphocytes. Reviewer: Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 09/11/2006

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) (5 images) (Doctor-Reviewed information)
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a fast-growing cancer in which the body produces a large number of immature white blood cells (lymphocytes. These cells can be found in the blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and other organs. Reviewer: Rita Nanda, M.D., Department of Medicine. Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 04/27/2007

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (2 images) (Doctor-Reviewed information)
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is cancer that starts in the lymphoid tissue. Such tissue makes up the lymph nodes, spleen, and other organs of the immune system. Reviewer: Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 09/11/2006

Hairy cell leukemia (5 images) (Doctor-Reviewed information)
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare cancer of the blood. It affects B cells, a type of white blood cell (lymphocyte. Reviewer: Rita Nanda, M.D., Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided byVeriMed Healthcare Network.Date: 04/27/2007

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