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Neutrophils: What is their purpose, where are they found?

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  • Fight infection and participate in inflammatory processes
  • Most neutrophils reside and mature in bone marrow
  • 5% found in blood, most are segmented
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What are the two types of neutrophilia? Which type is the most predominate? Where does this type predominate?

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Mature

  • Highly segmented
  • Predominates in blood

Immature
- Not segmented

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What are the causes of mature neutrophilia?

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Highly segmented

Causes:

  • Infection (bacterial)
  • Inflammation
  • Stress
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What is leukocytosis?

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A WBC count above the normal range

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What are some benign leukocytoses?

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  • Neutrophilia
  • Lymphocytosis
  • Basophilia
  • Monocytosis
  • Eosinophilia
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What is a unique histological characteristic of neutrophilia?

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Band cells

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What are toxic changes that are observed with mature neutrophilia?

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Seen only with infection

  1. Toxic granulation
  2. Dohle bodies
  3. Cytoplasmic vacuolization

Cells are becoming less differentiated, nucleus is becoming less segmented.

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What are Dohle bodies? Which benign leukocytoses would you observe this phenomenon in?

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Light blue-gray, oval, basophilic, leukocyte inclusions located in the peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils.

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What are the causes of immature neutrophilia?

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  • Infection (bacterial)
  • Inflammation
  • Severe anemia
  • Marrow displacement
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What conditions is bone marrow displacement observed in?

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  • Immature neutrophilia

- Myelophthisic anemia

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What are the three forms of immature neutrophilia?

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  1. Left shift
  2. Leukemoid reaction
  3. Leukoerythroblastotic reaction
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What is left shift immature neutrophilia?

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Neutrophils are becoming less differentiated

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What is the leukemoid reaction in immature neutrophilia?

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The natural elevation in leukocytes in response to stress or infection

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What is the leukoerythroblastotic reaction in immature neutrophilia?

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  • Same as leukemoid, but with nucleated RBCs
  • Indicates severe disruption of bone marrow
  • May indicate malignancy
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What are lymphocytes and what are the different types (%’s of types)?

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  • Fight infection and participate in immune responses
  • T-cells: 80%
  • B-cells: 15%
  • NK cells: 5%
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What are the two types of lymphocytosis?

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Mature
- Lots of normal cells

Reactive
- Lots of ABnormal cells

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What are the causes of mature lymphocytosis?

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  • Infectious lymphocytosis
  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Transient stress
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Which benign leukocytoses can be caused by Bordetella pertussis?

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Mature lymphocytosis

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What are the causes of reactive lymphocytosis?

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  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Pediatric viral infectioons
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Immune disorders
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What are Downey cells and in which benign leukocytosis is this condition observed in?

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Abnormal segmentation of lymphocytes.

Found in reactive lymphocytosis

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How common is basophilia? Which leukemia is it a component of?

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Uncommon

A component of chronic myelogenous leukemia

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What are the causes of monocytosis?

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  • Infection
  • Autoimmune disease
  • Malignancy
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What are the causes of eosinophilia?

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  • Drugs
  • Asthma
  • Skin diseases
  • Parasites
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Eosinophils are characteristically found in which of the following conditions?

A. Bacterial infections
B. Viral infections
C. Fungal infections
D. Parasitic infections

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D. Parasitic infections

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What is the difference between leukemia and lymphoma?

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Leukemia

  • Starts in the bone marrow, can spread to blood, nodes
  • Myeloid or lymphoid
  • Acute or chronic

Lymphoma

  • Starts in lymph nodes, can spread to blood, marrow
  • ONLY lymphoid
  • Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin
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What is immunophenotyping?

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A technique used to study the protein expressed by cells

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What is cytogenetics?

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A branch of genetics that is concerned with the study of the structure and function of the cell, especially the chromosomes

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What are the 4 different types of leukemia?

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  • Acute Myeloid (AML)
  • Chronic Myeloid (CML)
  • Acute Lymphoblastic (ALL)
  • Chronic Lymphoblastic (CLL)
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What is used to diagnose leukemia?

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  • Clinical setting
  • Morphology
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Molecular studies
  • Cytogenetics
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What are characteristics of acute leukemias?

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  • Sudden onset
  • Occurs in children and adults (usually >60)
  • Rapidly fatal without tx
  • Composed of immature cells (blasts)
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What are characteristics of chronic leukemias?

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  • Slow onset
  • Occurs only in adults
  • Longer course
  • Composed of mature cells
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What is acute leukemia?

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Malignant proliferation of immature myeloid or lymphoid cells in the bone marrow

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What are the causes of acute leukemia?

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  • Clonal expansion

- Maturation failure

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What are the symptoms of acute leukemia?

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  • Fatigue
  • Infections
  • Bleeding
  • Bone pain
  • Lymphadenopathy
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What is the lethality of acute leukemias due to?

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  • Inhibition of normal cell function
  • Infiltration of organs

Compromised immune system is usually what kills them

36
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What are some histological differences between AML and ALL?

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AML
- Loss of segmentation

ALL
- No more cytosol

37
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What can be observed in lab results for AML and ALL?

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  • Blasts in the blood
  • Leukocytosis
  • Anemia (blood cells produced are not working well)
  • Thrombocytopenia (bleeding disorders)

Marked hyperplasia and loss of hematopoietic elements (the glassy substance is overtaking)

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What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)? Are there many subtypes and what is the prognosis?

Does AML typically occur in adults or children?

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The malignant proliferation of myeloid blasts (>20%) in blood and bone marrow

  • Many subtypes
  • Poor prognosis
  • Mostly occurs in adults
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What are Auer rods? In what leukemia would we observe this phenomenon?

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Auer rods: Clumps of granules that form elongated needles that jet out from the nucleus in the cytoplasm of leukemic blasts

40
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What are current treatments for AML?

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  • Chemotherapy

- Bone marrow transplant

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What is myelodysplastic syndrome?

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  • Poorly understood myeloid tumors that can spread to blood and become AML
  • Characterized by disordered hematopoiesis
  • Can lead to macrocytic anemia
  • Progresses to AML in 10-40% of cases
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How does myelodysplastic syndrome manifest?

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Changes in blood cell production

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What is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)?

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The malignant proliferation of lymphoid blasts in blood and bone marrrow

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What are the features of ALL?

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  • Most common in children
  • Good prognosis
  • – Immunophenotype (T is BAD; better to catch it early)
  • – WBC count (<10K is good)
  • – Cytogenetics (polyploidy is good, more responsive to chemotherapy)
  • Classified by immunophenotype (B vs. T)
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What are the different lymphocyte lineages in ALL and what is the prognosis for each?

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T-lineage ALL
- Bad prognosis

B-lineage ALL

  • B-ell PRECURSOR ALL: Better prognosis
  • B-cell ALL: Bad prognosis
  • *STARRY SKY PATTERN**
46
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In what leukemia is the starry sky pattern observed histologically?

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B-lineage ALL

47
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What are current treatments for ALL?

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  • Chemotherapy

- Bone marrow transplant

48
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What is chronic leukemia?

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The malignant proliferation of mature myeloid or lymphoid cells in the bone marrow.

*Because these are mature cells, they are harder to work with

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What is the big difference between chronic and acute leukemia?

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Cancer cells are mature in chronic leukemias, making them harder to work with

50
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What are symptoms of chronic leukemia?

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  • Weight loss
  • Fatigue
  • Infections
  • Bone pain
  • Similar to acute, but more gradual
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What are the causes of chronic leukemia

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  • Clonal expansion (mature cells)

- Functional failure

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What is the lethality of chronic leukemias due to?

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  • Inhibition of normal cell function
  • Infiltration of organs

*They look like mature cells but they don’t act like it

53
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What are some histological differences between CML and CLL?

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CML
- Less segmentation

CLL

  • Too much segmentation
  • Nuclear alterations
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What are some characteristics of CML?

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  • Occurs only in adults (~60yo)
  • Long course (takes awhile before it’s lethal)
  • Increase WBC with left shift
  • Hypercellular bone marrow
  • Splenomegaly
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What are the four different manifestations of CML?

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  1. CML
  2. Chronic myelofibrosis
  3. Polycythemia vera
  4. Essential thrombocythemia
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What are some characteristics of CML?

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  • Neutrophilic leukocytosis
  • Basophilia
  • Philadelphia chromosome
  • Three phases
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What is the Philadelphia chromosome? In which leukemia is it found?

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Translocation of chromosomes 9 and 22.

CML

58
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What are the three phases of CML?

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  1. Chronic phase
  2. Acte phase
  3. Blast crisis
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What are features of the chronic phase in CML?

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  • Stable counts
  • Easily controlled
  • 3-4 years (without therapy)
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What are features of the acute phase in CML?

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  • Unstable counts

- Fatal within months

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What are features of blast crisis in CML?

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  • Lots of blasts

- Fatal within weeks

62
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What are treatments used in CML?

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USED to be bone marrow transplant, but

NOW, we use Imatinib (Gleevec) which is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor

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What is the prognosis for CML?

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The median used to be 5-6 years but may be longer now with new treatment

64
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Which leukemia is treated with imatinib (Gleevec)?

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CML

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What are some features of Chronic Myelofibrosis?

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  • Panmyelosis (a form of myeloid metaplasia)
  • Advancing to marrow fibrosis
  • Extramedullary hematopoiesis
  • Teardrop red cells
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What are some features of Polycythemia Vera?

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  • High hematocrit (RBC count) because of increased EPO

- Can cause hypertension (because the blood is thicker)

67
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What is an issue that might arise when trying to diagnose Polycythemia Vera?

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In order to conclude that it is cancer, you must distinguish it from secondary PV

68
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How can secondary PV arise?

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By kidneys being “tricked” into thinking that there’s blood loss = MORE EPO
» Ex: Blocked renal artery

69
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What are features of Essential Thrombocythemia?

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  • High platelet count
70
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What is an issue that might arise when trying to diagnose Essential Thrombocythemia?

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Must also distinguish from secondary ET to conclude it’s cancer.

71
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How can secondary ET arise?

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Too many platelets.

Some platelet or clotting disorders, chronic bleeding that produce more platelets

72
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What is CLL?

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The malignant proliferation of lymphocytes

73
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What are some features of CLL?

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  • Most common of all leukemias
  • Occurs only in adults
  • Many disorders; CLL is predominant
  • Long course
  • Indolent but mostly incurable

Indolent = causing little or no pain

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What are some histological features of CLL?

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  • Small, mature lymphocytes
  • B cells, but CD5+
  • Smudge/smear cells - broken cells
  • Cannot produce antibodies
75
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In which leukemia type would you see smudged/smeared cells? Which leukemia are B cells not able to produce antibodies?

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CLL

76
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What are some treatments for CLL?

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It’s incurable.

Treatment usually includes treating infections

77
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What is the prognosis for CLL?

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  • WBC counts to monitor
  • 9 years

Usually die of infection

78
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No definite causes have been ID for leukemia.
Possible risk factors include genetic predisposition, environmental exposure to chemicals and radiation, and viruses.

A. Both statements are true.
B. Both statements are false.
C. First is true, second is false.
D. First is false, second is true.

A

A. Both statements are true.

79
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The Philadelphia chromosome and low levels of leukocyte alkaline phosphatase are common characteristics of which type of leukemia?

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CML

80
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The primary organ(s) involved in acute leukemia is/are the:

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Bone marrow

81
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia equally affects young children and adults.
The acute leukemia is the most responsive to treatment.

A. Both statements are true.
B. Both statements are false.
C. First is true, second is false.
D. First is false, second is true.

A

D. First is false, second is true.

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