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Acute promyelocytic leukemia

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000219

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow. It is usually marked by an exchange of parts of chromosomes 15 and 17. Also called APL and promyelocytic leukemia.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000219
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsAPL; promyelocytic leukemia
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Acute promyelocytic leukemia",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "An aggressive (fast-growing) type of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow. It is usually marked by an exchange of parts of chromosomes 15 and 17. Also called APL and promyelocytic leukemia.",
  "synonyms": [
    "APL",
    "promyelocytic leukemia"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/acute-promyelocytic-leukemia/"
}

Record 345 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.