B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a type of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It is cancer that affects white blood cells known as B-cell lymphoblasts. Lymphocytes form part of the immune ...

Leukemia causes uncontrollable growth and reproduction of cells called leukocytes. In acute leukemia, leukocytes are less mature, develop fast, and become dysfunctional cells called blasts as they ...

ALL is the most common childhood cancer. Children younger than age 5 have the highest risk. It can also occur in adults. There are two main subtypes of ALL, B-cell ALL and T-cell ALL. Most types of ...

What Is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia? Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a type of blood cancer that starts in white blood cells in your bone marrow, the soft inner part of your bones. It develops ...

A small group of patients with an otherwise incurable form of T‑cell leukemia have seen their cancer driven into remission by ...

Acute monocytic leukemia (AML-M5) is a subtype of AML, in which at least 80 percent of the affected blood cells are a type of white blood cell called monocytes. Half of the people diagnosed with AML ...

What Is Acute Myeloid Leukemia? Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of blood cancer that starts in your bone marrow, which is the soft inner part of your bones where all your blood cells are made.

An objective definition of cure for children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been elusive. If eradication of the leukemic clone is the sole criterion, patients who maintain ...

Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a FLT3 mutation have poor outcomes. We conducted a phase 3 trial to determine whether the addition of midostaurin — an oral multitargeted kinase ...