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Acute leukemia

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000210

A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000210
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000210",
  "term": "Acute leukemia",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/acute-leukemia/"
}

Record 336 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.