Hem Cancer Flashcards
Leukemias are what 2 cell lines?
Myeloid or Leukoyte
kids with leukimia is?
ALL
MC sxs in ALL is?
Fever - assocaited with downs (alzheimers)
ALL sxs in addition to pancytopenia
fever, crowd out bone marrow. lots of blasts.
ALL tx?
Hydroxyurea (like Sickle cell)
chemo, MTX
Auer rods is always AML,
AML sxs?
infections, ginvigal bleeding, >100,000 WBC
AML tx?
Combo chemo - Blasts with chemo
Tumor lysis syndrome is?
Large number of cancer cell in circulation after Combo chemo - IVF, allopurinol
Is CLL more common? (RAI staging)
Yes
Splenomegaly is associated with?
CML
Smudge cells are with?
CLL
CLL tx is?
Fludarabine
CML sxs?
anemia, fatigue, vague - wt lose. recurrant infections.
Philidelphia chrome is
CML, >150,000
BCR -ABL gene is?
CML