Leukemia (non-oncology focus)

Overview

Leukemia is malignant proliferation of blood cells in bone marrow (ALL, AML, CLL, CML).

Symptoms

• •Fatigue
• •Fever
• •Bruising
• •Lymphadenopathy

Stages

Diagnosis

• ✓CBC (blast >20%)
• ✓Bone marrow biopsy
• ✓Flow cytometry
• ✓Cytogenetics

Treatments

• →Chemotherapy
• →Imatinib (CML)
• →Stem cell transplant
• →CAR-T (ALL)

Risk Factors