Chronic Leukemia in an adult: The myeloid and lymphocytic symptom
Adult Chronic Leukemia: A type of cancer initiating in blood-forming cells of the bone marrow, chronic leukemia gradually spreads to other parts of the body affecting the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, skin and the brain, an exact opposite of the other types of cancer that start in organs and then spread to the bone marrow.
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia:Before getting down to the finer details, let’s have a look at what is meant by chronic leukemia as a whole. A disease involving an extra production of the leukocytes or white blood cells and characterized by their immature and abnormal appearance causing a very high Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate is termed ... (more)