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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Definition
Common names:
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • CLL
  • Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic
  • Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic
A person with leukemia has cancer of the white blood cells. The white blood cells multiply out of control in the bone marrow, resulting in abnormally high numbers of white blood cells in the bloodstream. Images

A person with chronic lymphocytic leukemia has cancer of a particular type of white blood cell, called a lymphocyte. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is most common in the elderly.

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Last Updated: Sep 14, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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