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Chronic Leukemia

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Overview

NCI Definition: A slowly progressing leukemia characterized by a clonal (malignant) proliferation of maturing and mature myeloid cells or mature lymphocytes. When the clonal cellular population is composed of myeloid cells, the process is called chronic myelogenous leukemia. When the clonal cellular population is composed of lymphocytes, it is classified as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hairy cell leukemia, or T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia. [1]

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Disease Details

Parent(s)
Leukemia
Children
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Prolymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, T-Cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia, Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia with FIP1L1-PDGFRA, Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia, NOS, Hairy Cell Leukemia Variant, Hairy Cell Leukemia, Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia, and Aggressive NK-Cell Leukemia

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.