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Specific Information About The Four Major Leukemias

Specific Information about the Four Major Leukemias
by Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Background AML is the most common of the four types of leukemia, with an estimated 12,000...
 

• Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
• Background
• Biology and Classification
• Table 1 Common Cytogenetic Abnormalities in AML
• Causes of AML
• Signs and Symptoms of AML
• Diagnosis of AML
• Treatment of AML
• Treatment of AML in Patients Less than Age 60
• Remission Induction
• Post-induction Therapy
• Recurrent Disease
• Treatment of AML in Patients Age 60 or Older
• Post-induction Therapy
• Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)
• Background
• APL is a distinct subtype of AML accounting for about 8% of cases. Patients with APL tend to be younger on average than other AML patients and are...
• Induction Therapy
• Post Remission Therapy
• Recurrent Disease
• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
• Biology and Classification
• Causes of ALL
• Signs and Symptoms of ALL
• Diagnosis of ALL
• Treatment of ALL
• Induction Chemotherapy
• Post-induction Therapy
• Relapsed or Refractory ALL
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Background
• Biology and Classification
• Figure 1
• Causes
• Signs and Symptoms
• Diagnosis of CML
• Treatment of CML
• Chronic Phase
• Accelerated Phase and Blast Crisis
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
• Background
• Biology and Classification
• Table 3 RAI Classification Staging for CLL
• Causes
• Signs and Symptoms
• Diagnosis of CLL
• Therapy of CLL
• Reference List

Featured on : 2009-06-24

 
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