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5 Types of Leukemia

Types of Leukemia

There are two classification criteria for leukemia:

1. Developmental and progression rate

According to this criteria, there are two types of leukemia:

Chronic leukemia: This is a type of leukemia characterized by a slow progression. In its early stages, chronic leukemia is asymptomatic, because the small number of abnormal white blood cells still can carry out some of the normal white blood cells functions. Symptoms occur in advanced stages when the number of abnormal white blood cells increases.
Acute leukemia: This is a type of leukemia characterized by a rapid progression caused by an increased number of abnormal white blood cells. Acute leukemia can be fatal within weeks or months if not treated.

2. The type of white blood cells involved include:

Lymphocytic leukemia: This is a type of leukemia that affects the lymphoid cells.
Myeloid leukemia: This is a type of leukemia that affects the myeloid cells.

According to the Chronic/Acute AND Lympocyte/Myeloid criteria, there are 4 main types of leukemia:

II. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

III. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

IV. Acute Myeloid Leukemia

V. There is also another rare type of chronic leukemia called Hairy Cell Leukemia.

Leukemia is sometimes misspelled as lukemia or luekemia.

Article by Alina Morrow, MS
Medical Writer
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