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Meanings of leukemia in English

Portuguese
leucemia
Catalan
leucèmia
Spanish
leucemia
Wikidata

Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.

leucemia
Russian
лейкоз
Portuguese
leucemia
Spanish
enfermedad de la bomba atómica
Catalan
leucèmia
Wikidata

Group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow.

лейкоз
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Examples for "leukaemia"
Examples for "leukaemia"
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At the age of 18 years an acute lymphatic leukaemia was observed.
Pubmed
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Six Italian soldiers who served in Kosovo have developed leukaemia and died.
The Irish Times
3
In addition, the NCR had recorded 9 cases incorrectly as childhood leukaemia.
Pubmed
4
Cladribine is now widely used for the treatment of hairy cell leukaemia.
Pubmed
5
And later I suffered from leukaemia and I have also been divorced.
The Guardian
1
But the 26-year-old also had cancer of the blood, spleen, brain, uterus and liver.
The Irish Times
2
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer of the blood.
Reuters
3
Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood with significantly high mortality rates, that's often resistant to chemotherapy treatments.
Radio NZ
4
Thyroid cancers and leukaemia, a cancer of the blood, are known to occur in individuals exposed to nuclear explosions.
The Irish Times
5
Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow, usually marked by an increase of immature white blood cells.
Radio NZ
Usage of leukemia in English
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However, information on the effect of GVHD in pediatric leukemia is limited.
Pubmed
2
Conclusion: Administration of exercise to acute leukemia patients undergoing treatment is feasible.
Pubmed
3
Conclusions: These results suggest an improvement attributable to treatment of neonatal leukemia.
Pubmed
4
A questionnaire addressing sedation-related distress was given to 30 children with leukemia.
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5
This form of leukemia was recently established as a distinct disease entity.
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As a result, leukemia cells were inhibited with high effectivity and specificity.
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The chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell line WSU-CLL was used for this purpose.
Pubmed
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Apparently, she had an advanced form of leukemia that had gone undetected.
You say tomato, I say shut up
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The first patient was a 50 years woman with acute myeloid leukemia.
Pubmed
10
Autotransplants in leukemia are controversial; their rationale and results have been questioned.
Pubmed
11
Three cases of acute myeloid leukemia were reported in the HEC arm.
Pubmed
12
One case of acute lymphocytic leukemia was misidentified as chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Pubmed
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Seven patients were studied following bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia.
Pubmed
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There was no haematologic evidence of leukemia at the time of presentation.
Pubmed
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An X-ray-induced protein in human T cell leukemia MOLT-4 cells is described.
Pubmed
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Overall, 795 patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia were enrolled in this trial.
Pubmed
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Portuguese
leucemia
Catalan
leucèmia
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