มะเร็งเม็ดเลือดขาว

Also known as leukaemia, Leukemia NOS, Leukemia, NOS, Leukemias, Leukemia, Disease, Leukemias, General, LEUKEMIA, MALIGNANT

Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called blasts or leukemia cells. Symptoms may include bleeding and bruising, bone pain, fatigue, fever, and an increased risk of infections. These symptoms occur due to a lack of normal blood cells. Diagnosis is typically made by blood tests or bone marrow biopsy.

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Leukemia is a medical subject categorized under the Commons category "Leukemias." It is identified by several classification codes, including NCI Thesaurus ID C3161 and ICPC 2 ID B73. The condition has exact matches in the Open Biomedical Ontologies at DOID:1240. In the ICD-9-CM system, it is associated with codes 208.8, 208, 208.9, and 207.8.

Research activity regarding leukemia is documented in PubMed, which lists 401,524 entries for the query leukemia. The topic is referenced by 4,462 other encyclopedia articles. Additional digital identifiers include a WordLift URL at data.medicalrecords.com.

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Within Vinony's link graph, มะเร็งเม็ดเลือดขาว is referenced by 4,462 other articles, and connects out to mastocytosis, tumor of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues and cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia.

It sits within the topics Leukemia and Lymphatic vessel diseases.

Its subject is documented across 102 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Medical condition.name: Leukemia
Medical condition.synonyms: Leukaemia
Medical condition.image: ALL-AML.jpg
Medical condition.caption: A Wright's stained bone marrow aspirate smears from individuals with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (left) and acute myeloid leukemia (right). Myeloid leukemia cells are usually larger, contain prominent nucleoli, and specific, but not mandatory, cytoplasmic inclusions – Auer rods (purple needles).
Medical condition.field: Hematology and oncology
Medical condition.symptoms: Bleeding, bruising, fatigue, fever, increased risk of infections
Medical condition.onset: All ages, most common in 60s and 70s. It is the most common malignant cancer in children, but the cure rates are also higher for them.
Medical condition.causes: Inherited and environmental factors
Medical condition.risks: Smoking, family history, ionizing radiation, some chemicals such as trichloroethylene, prior chemotherapy, Down syndrome.
Medical condition.diagnosis: Blood tests, bone marrow biopsy
Medical condition.treatment: Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, bone marrow transplant, supportive care
Medical condition.prognosis: Five-year survival rate 68% (U.S.)
Medical condition.frequency: 2.3 million (2015)
Medical condition.deaths: 353,500 (2015)