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	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia is a progressive, malignant disease characterized by large numbers of immature white blood cells that resemble lymphoblasts.
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) accounts for 80% of the acute leukemias of childhood, with most cases occurring between ages 3 and 7.
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia is treated with a combination of anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapy).
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000541.htm (902 words)

	ACS :: What is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia, is a type of cancer that starts from white blood cells in the bone marrow (the soft inner part of the bones) called lymphocytes.
		Acute leukemia versus chronic leukemia: The first factor to consider in classifying a patient's leukemia is whether most of the abnormal cells are mature (resemble normal circulating white blood cells) or immature.
		Myeloid leukemia versus lymphocytic leukemia: The second factor to consider in classifying leukemia is the type of bone marrow cells that are affected.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_is_adult_acute_leukemia_57.asp?sitearea=cri (1112 words)

	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), also known as acute lymphocytic leukaemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells, characterised by the overproduction and continuous multiplication of malignant and immature white blood cells (referred to as lymphoblasts) in the bone marrow.
		If there is a suspicion of leukemia, the patient will then proceed to undergo a number of tests to establish the presence of leukemia and its type.
		Subtyping of the various forms of ALL is done according to the FAB (French-American-British) classification, which is used for all acute leukemias (including acute myelogenous leukemia, AML).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acute_lymphocytic_leukemia (1356 words)

	Society : Disease Information - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia may be called by several names, including acute lymphoid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
		The disease is often referred to as acute lymphoblastic leukemia because the leukemic cell that replaces the normal marrow is the (leukemic) lymphoblast.
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia occurs most often in the first decade of life but increases in frequency again in older individuals.
	www.leukemia.org /all_page?item_id=7049 (1287 words)

	Adult Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
		Adult acute lymphocytic leukemia (also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) is a disease in which too many infection-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes develop in the blood and bone marrow.
		Lymphocytes are found in the lymph, a colorless, watery fluid in the lymph vessels.
		The spleen (an organ in the upper abdomen that makes lymphocytes and filters old blood cells from the blood), the thymus (a small organ beneath the breastbone), and the tonsils (an organ in the throat) are also part of the lymph system.
	www.reddlegg.com /Leukemia/adult_acute_lymphocytic_leukemia.htm (1982 words)

	LEUKEMIA, ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC
		Leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
		Acute leukemia affects the immature cell in the bone marrow before the cell has fully developed.
		Leukemia is further divided into four different categories called acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
	www.apma-nc.com /PatientEducation/leukemia_acute_lymphocytic.htm (795 words)

	ACS :: Types of Leukemia in Children
		Lymphocytic and myelogenous (or myeloid) refer to the 2 different cell types from which leukemias start.
		Lymphocytic leukemias develop from lymphocytes in the bone marrow.
		AML (acute myelogenous leukemia) is a cancer of the bone marrow cells that form granulocytes, monocytes, red blood cells, or platelets.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_The_different_types_of_leukemia_24.asp?sitearea=CRI (278 words)

	Acute lymphocytic leukemia
		The cause of acute leukemia is damage to the DNA of developing cells in the bone marrow.
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia is the most common cancer in children and adolescents.
		If your doctor suspects leukemia, you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in cancer (oncologist) or a doctor who specializes in blood and blood-forming tissues (hematologist) for this procedure.
	www.cnn.com /HEALTH/library/DS/00558.html (2809 words)

	Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer: Acute lymphocytic leukemia
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells known as lymphocytes.
		Leukemia is a cancer of white blood cells.
		In acute leukemia, the cancerous cells are immature forms called blasts that cannot properly fight infection; patients become ill in rapid fashion.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_gGEC/is_0010/ai_2699001004 (1347 words)

	Acute lymphocytic leukemia - MayoClinic.com
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow — the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made.
		It's called lymphocytic leukemia because it affects a group of white blood cells called lymphocytes, which normally fight infection.
		This type of leukemia is also known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute childhood leukemia.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/acute-lymphocytic-leukemia/DS00558 (360 words)

	Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is also known as acute lymphoid leukemia or acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
		Lymphocytes develop in the thymus gland or bone marrow and are therefore categorized as either B-cells (bone marrow-derived cells) or T-cells (thymus gland-derived cells).
		To determine the morphology of the leukemia cells, samples of the bone marrow are taken and particular contents of the cells are stained with a dye.
	www.morehead.org /wellconnected/000086.htm (9007 words)

	Adult acute lymphocytic leukemia
		Adult acute lymphocytic leukemia (also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) is a disease in which too many infection-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes are found in the blood and bone marrow.
		Lymphocytes are found in the lymph which is a colorless, watery fluid present in the lymph vessels.
		Leukemia can be acute (progressing quickly with many immature cancer cells) or chronic (progressing slowly with more mature looking leukemia cells).
	www.meds.com /pdq/test1.html (2054 words)

	Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
		In acute lymphocytic leukemia, the abnormal cells may collect in the brain or spinal cord (also called the central nervous system).
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia cells often collect in the lining of the spinal cord and brain, called the meninges.
		The decision to do a transplant depends on the features of the leukemia, the age of the patient, and the patient's (or his or her family's) understanding of the potential benefits and risks.
	www.reddlegg.com /Leukemia/acute_lymphocytic_leukemia_all.htm (1496 words)

	Leukemia (Chemotherapy)
		It is the most common form of the disease in children, with 1,300 new cases among children each year (with) 1,300 deaths from acute lymphocytic leukemia.
		AMS occurred in 42 of 305 (14%) with leukemia, 16 of 139 (12%) with lymphoma, 14 of 136 (10%) with sarcoma, 10 of 104 (9%) with neuroblastoma, and 7 of 104 (5%) with other malignancies.
		Children with acute lymphocytic leukemia were more prone to having seizures (61%), while children with nonacute lymphocytic leukemia were almost equally likely to have encephalopathies, strokes, or seizures.
	www.whale.to /cancer/chem1.html (676 words)

	Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia, also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute lymphoid leukemia, is a common leukemia.
		Most cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) occur in children under age 10, but it can appear in all age groups.
		Because leukemia cells often collect in the spinal cord and brain of ALL patients, chemotherapy drugs are often injected into the space around the spinal cord.
	www.marrow.org /PATIENT/all.html (1084 words)

	Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia-Blood Diseases & Disorders
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the blood in which too many lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, are produced by the bone marrow and by organs of the lymph system.
		Acute leukemia can occur over a short period of days to weeks.
		The symptoms of acute lymphocytic leukemia may resemble other blood disorders or medical problems.
	www.umm.edu /blood/aculymph.htm (333 words)

	Sloan-Kettering - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia (also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) is the most common type of leukemia in children but it is less common among adults.
		Radiation therapy is sometimes used for leukemia in the central nervous system or elsewhere and for pain caused by bone destruction.
		A stem cell or bone marrow transplant may be an option for some patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia; this procedure is usually done after an initial remission is achieved.
	www.mskcc.org /mskcc/html/5426.cfm (174 words)

	Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
		Treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia depends on the prognostic group to which your child is assigned based primarily on your child's age and white blood cell count at diagnosis.
		Perhaps treatments aimed both at the leukemia cells and the pre-leukemic cells are needed to properly treat the disease.
		Late relapses evolve from slow-responding subclones in t(12;21)-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: evidence for the persistence of a preleukemic clone.
	home.earthlink.net /~lifeforjonathan/id19.html (1175 words)

	s000417c - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
		This hypothesis is on the one hand supported by the virtual absence of cross-lineage gene: rearrangements in normal lymphocytes and mature lymphoid malignancies and on the other hand by the presence of: oligoclonality and secondary Ig and TCR gene rearrangements in ALL.
		As the cure rates: for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) approach 80%, precise methods of risk assessment are needed to: permit better selection of treatment that is neither excessive nor inadequate for individual patients.
		This gene is involved in the 4;11 and 11;19: (p13.3) translocations in acute lymphoblastic leukemia and in the 6;11, 9;11, and 11;19 (p13.1) translocations in: acute myeloblastic leukemia.
	www.emory.edu /WHSCL/grady/amreport/litsrch99/s000417c.html (3382 words)

	Leukemia Childhood Acute Lymphocytic
		ALL is the most common form of leukemia in children, and the most common kind of childhood cancer.
		If your child has symptoms of leukemia, his or her doctor may order blood tests to count the number of each of the different kinds of blood cells.
		Intrathecal and/or high doses of systemic chemotherapy, with or without radiation therapy to the brain, may also be given during this phase of treatment to prevent the spread of cancer cells to the brain and spinal cord.
	www.medhelp.org /lib/cancernet/200026.htm (2621 words)

	Childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia
		Acute lymphocytic leukemia progresses quickly, and can occur in both children and adults.
		Separate PDQ patient information summaries are also available for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, adult or childhood acute myeloid leukemia, and hairy cell leukemia.
		Treatment for childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia depends on the prognostic group to which your child is assigned based primarily on your child's age and white blood cell count at diagnosis.
	www.meds.com /pdq/childlympho_pat.html (2412 words)

	Childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia
		This treatment information summary on childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is an overview of prognosis, diagnosis, classification, and patient treatment.
		Because of the relative rarity of cancer in children, all patients with leukemia should be considered for entry into a clinical trial.
		Since myelosuppression is an anticipated consequence of both leukemia and its treatment with chemotherapy, it is imperative that patients be closely monitored during induction, consolidation, CNS prophylaxis, and any intensive aspect of maintenance therapy.
	www.uoc.muni.cz /guidelines/1deti/ALLCHILD.htm (4917 words)

	Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells, usually the white blood cells.
		There are four main types of leukemia, which can be further divided into subtypes.
		Based on these findings, the leukemia is then classified into one of the four main types of leukemias: acute myelogenous leukemia (AML); chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML); acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL); or chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/adult_blood/aculymph.cfm (569 words)

	Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (Previously called Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		About 3,800 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia are expected to be diagnosed in 2002, with about 2,000 of them in children and young people under 20.
		Children treated with radiation and chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease are at higher risk for acute leukemia within two to 13 years after treatment (usually of the myeloid variety).
		Reports of increased incidence in leukemia in peace keepers and military personnel who were stationed in Bosnia have sparked investigation of certain weapons that use depleted uranium an which were employed in the Balkan wars.
	www.reutershealth.com /wellconnected/doc86.html (7800 words)

	Disease - Acute lymphocytic leukemia - Detroit, Michigan
		Those with the Philadelphia chromosome or with the t(4;11) translocation would tend to have a poor prognosis, thus intensive treatment and an early bone marrow transplant might be recommended preemptively.
		A hospitalization of 3 to 6 weeks may be necessary for initial (induction) chemotherapy, however, subsequent chemotherapy sessions may be administered on an outpatient basis.
		Additionally, isolation procedures may be necessary if the lymphocyte count is very low to prevent exposure to infectious agents.
	www.henryfordhealth.org /15074.cfm (821 words)

	eMedicine - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia : Article by Jeffrey E Rubnitz, MD, PhD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Synonyms and related keywords: acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphatic leukemia, acute lymphoid leukemia, ALL, pediatric cancer, childhood cancer, childhood malignancy, inherited genetic syndromes, lymphoblastic leukemia, leukemia, leukemic blasts,
		Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy in children, representing nearly one third of all pediatric cancers.
		Standard cytogenetic analysis is an essential tool in the workup of all patients with leukemia, because the karyotype of the leukemic cells has important diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/topic2587.htm (5677 words)

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