Leukemia Overview

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Reviewed By Mark Levin, MD

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:

Encyclopedia: Leukemia

Leukemia or leukaemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells, usually white blood cells . It is part of the broad group of diseases called hematological neoplasms. Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. Leukemia is cancer in the blood. Leukemia is clinically and pathologically split into its acute and chronic forms. , Acute leukemia...

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