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Promyelocytic leukemia

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006963

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 acute promyelocytic leukemia and APL.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006963
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsacute promyelocytic leukemia; APL
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006963",
  "term": "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 acute promyelocytic leukemia and APL.",
  "synonyms": [
    "acute promyelocytic leukemia",
    "APL"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/promyelocytic-leukemia/"
}

Record 13,696 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.