Unit 8 - Leukemia Flashcards
Definition:
Body produces large number of abnormal blood cells/usually white blood cells
Leukemia
leukemia cells usually look _____ than normal blood cells and do not function properly
- often are _____ blasts that cannot grow into healthy blood cells
different
immature
Malignant WBCs fill bone marrow, replacing _____ _____ that produce _____, other blood products -> _____ decrease amount of these products in circulation
stem cells
RBCs
decrease
Leukemia diagnosed _____ times more often in adults than children
10
_____ are affected more than _____ with leukemia
men are affected more than women
Classified by acuity an predominant cell type involved:
- acute onset
- rapid disease progression
- immature, undifferentiated blast cells
acute leukemia
Classified by acuity an predominant cell type involved:
- gradual onset
- prolonged course
- abnormal mature-appearing cells
chronic leukemias
Classified by acuity an predominant cell type involved:
- involve immature lymphocytes and precursor cells in bone marrow
- infiltrate spleen, lymph nodes, CNS
lymphocytic leukemias
Classified by acuity an predominant cell type involved:
- involve myeloid stem cells in bone marrow
- interfere with maturation of all types of cells
myeloid leukemias
acute leukemia
- _____ onset
- _____ disease progression
- immature, undifferentiated _____ _____
- acute onset
- rapid disease progression
- immature, undifferentiated blast cells
chronic leukemias
- _____ onset
- _____ course
- _____ mature-appearing cells
- gradual onset
- prolonged course
- abnormal mature-appearing cells
lymphocytic leukemias
- involve immature _____ and _____ cells in bone marrow
- _____ spleen, lymph nodes, CNS
- involve immature lymphocytes and precursor cells in bone marrow
- infiltrate spleen, lymph nodes, CNS
myeloid leukemias
- involve _____ _____ _____ in bone marrow
- interfere with _____ of all types of cells
- involve myeloid stem cells in bone marrow
- interfere with maturation of all types of cells
Most common type of leukemia in children
acute lymphocytic leukemia
Most common type of leukemia in adults
acute myeloid leukemia