leukemia

IPA: ɫukˈimiʌ

Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

Examples of "leukemia" in Sentences

When this happens, the leukemia is said to be in "remission".
In the domestic cat leukemia is today a quite common cause of death.
The diagnosis of leukemia is based on a complete medical history and physical examination and on the following diagnostic tests:
About 80 percent of all childhood leukemia is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), also called acute lymphocyte or lymphoid leukemia.
Acute leukemia is a rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue, like bone marrow, and causes the production of large numbers of white blood cells.
The cure rate for myeloid leukemia is 50% to 60%, says Richard Aplenc, an assistant professor of pediatrics and a specialist in AML and leukemia at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Beverly J. Lange, MD leads the clinical research efforts in leukemia as medical director for the Division of Oncology and associate chair for clinical research in the Childrens Oncology Group.
Fast-forward to the 2001 approval of the groundbreaking drug Gleevec, which has turned chronic myeloid leukemia from a fast killer into a disease that many patients today manage with a daily pill.
There are specialized clinical research programs and allied translational laboratory programs in leukemia, neuroblastoma, sarcoma, neuro-oncology, bone marrow transplant, survivorship and late effects.