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Tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues ( American English) or tumours of the haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues ( British English) are tumors that affect the blood, bone marrow, lymph, and lymphatic system. [1] [2] Because these tissues are all intimately connected through both the circulatory system and the immune system, a disease ...
Lymphoma is the most common form of hematological malignancy, or "blood cancer", in the developed world. Taken together, lymphomas represent 5.3% of all cancers (excluding simple basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers) in the United States and 55.6% of all blood cancers.
Hodgkin lymphoma ( HL) is a type of lymphoma in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. [ 2][ 8] The condition was named after the English physician Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it in 1832. [ 9 ...
353,500 (2015) [8] Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia; pronounced / luːˈkiːmiːə / [1] loo-KEE-mee-ə) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. [9] These blood cells are not fully developed and are called blasts or leukemia cells. [2]
Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that involves the use of one or more anti-cancer drugs and is currently the most common treatment method used across all subtypes. [8] T cell lymphoma is typically treated using the CHOP regimen in which four anti-cancer drugs; cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone are used in combination at ...
Oncology, hematology. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma ( ATL or ATLL) is a rare cancer of the immune system's T-cells [ 1][ 2][ 3] caused by human T cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type 1 ( HTLV-1 ). [ 4] All ATL cells contain integrated HTLV-1 provirus further supporting that causal role of the virus in the cause of the neoplasm. [ 4]
In the case of a bone-marrow transplant, the HSCs are removed from a large bone of the donor, typically the pelvis, through a large needle that reaches the center of the bone. The technique is referred to as a bone-marrow harvest and is performed under local or general anesthesia.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may be used to treat a number of conditions both congenital and acquired. Acquired. Malignancies. Hematological Leukemias. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), accelerated phase or blast crisis; Lymphomas ...