Cell Leukemia Types

Prolymphocytic leukemia pll and hairy cell leukemia hcl.

Cell leukemia types.

This is the most common type of leukemia in young children. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll. Aml is the most. Leukemia is also classified according to the type of cell.

Both chronic lymphocytic leukemia small lymphocytic lymphoma cll sll and chronic myeloid leukemia cml have similar signs as their acute forms but mature cell counts can be closer to normal resulting in less severe symptoms. Acute myeloid or myelogenous leukemia aml chronic myeloid or myelogenous leukemia cml acute lymphocytic or lymphoblastic leukemia all chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll. Aml is a common type of leukemia. Acute myeloid leukemia aml.

Types of leukemia acute lymphocytic leukemia all. B cells are a specific type of lymph cell that affect a body s immune system. It may also spread to lymph nodes and organs such as the liver and spleen. There are three major types of blood cancer.

All can also occur in. Lymphocytic leukemias develop from cells that give rise to t lymphocytes t cells b lymphocytes b cells or natural killer nk cells. The leukemia cells are carried in the bloodstream to other organs and tissues. Acute lymphocytic leukemia all.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll and small lymphocytic lymphoma sll are very similar because they have the same type of cancer cell. This lymphoma is discussed in detail in waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. There are two types of b cell leukemia. Myeloid cells are immature blood cells that d normally become.

They re both slow growing and you treat them the same way. Despite the name hairy cell leukemia hcl is sometimes considered to be a type of lymphoma. It occurs in children and adults. The major types of leukemia are.

Doctors categorize leukemia based on which type of white blood cell is involved lymphocytes or myeloid cells and whether the illness is developing very quickly acute disease or slowly over time chronic disease. The lymphoma cells are small and found mainly in the bone marrow lymph nodes and spleen. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells.