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Leukemia Research is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on hematologic malignancies. It was established in 1977 and is published by Elsevier . The editor-in-chief is Clive S. Zent ( James P. Wilmot Cancer Center ).
[3] [39] Besides genetic risk factors, exposure to ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for childhood leukemia. Other factors that may be linked to development of childhood leukemia include: family history of blood cancers, maternal alcohol use, parental cigarette use, prior loss of pregnancy in the mother, older age of the mother, high ...
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a rare form of chronic leukemia (cancer of the blood) that affects children, commonly those aged four and younger. [2] The name JMML now encompasses all diagnoses formerly referred to as juvenile chronic myeloid leukemia (JCML), chronic myelomonocytic leukemia of infancy, and infantile monosomy 7 syndrome.
Two girls with acute lymphocytic leukemia demonstrating intravenous access for chemotherapy. The most common cancers in children are (childhood) leukemia (32%), brain tumors (18%), and lymphomas (11%). [33] [34] In 2005, 4.1 of every 100,000 young people under 20 years of age in the U.S. were diagnosed with leukemia, and 0.8 per 100,000 died ...
Leukemia & Lymphoma is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Informa Healthcare. It covers basic and clinical aspects of hematologic malignancies ( leukemias and lymphomas ). The editors-in-chief are Aaron Polliack ( Hadassah University Hospital ), Koen Van Besien ( Weill Cornell Medical Center ), and John Seymour ( Peter MacCallum ...
Specialty: Hematology and oncology: Symptoms: Bleeding, bruising, fatigue, fever, increased risk of infections [2] Usual onset: All ages, [3] most common in 60s and 70s. [4] It is the most common malignant cancer in children, but the cure rates are also higher for them.
Leukemia is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Nature Publishing Group. It was established in 1987 by Nicole Muller-Bérat Killman and Sven-Aage Killman, and is currently edited by Professors Andreas Hochhaus and Robert Peter Gale. The journal covers research on all aspects of leukemia.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) 4.0% Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) 8.7% Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) sorted under lymphomas according to current WHO classification; called small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) when leukemic cells are absent. 10.2% Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) 3.7% Acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL) 0.7% Other leukemias 3.1%