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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Definition
Common names:
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Leukemia Acute Lymphocytic
  • Lymphocytic Leukemia Acute
A person with acute lymphocytic leukemia has cancer of one type of white blood cells, called lymphocytes. The lymphocytes multiply out of control in the bone marrow, resulting in abnormally high numbers of lymphocytes in the bloodstream. Images

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is the most common cancer in children under 15 years of age.

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Last Updated: Nov 18, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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