"Leukemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. (From The Merck Manual, 2006)
| Descriptor ID |
D007938
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.337
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukemia- Leukemia
- Leukemias
- Leucocythaemia
- Leucocythaemias
- Leucocythemia
- Leucocythemias
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukemia" by people in Profiles.
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Pulmonary hypertension is associated with poor cardiovascular and hematologic outcomes in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms and cardiovascular disease. Int J Hematol. 2023 Jan; 117(1):90-99.
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Quantifying cancer risk from exposures to medical imaging in the Risk of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Associated with Medical Imaging (RIC) Study: research methods and cohort profile. Cancer Causes Control. 2022 May; 33(5):711-726.
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Recommendations on surveillance and management of biallelic mismatch repair deficiency (BMMRD) syndrome: a consensus statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 05; 85(5):873-882.
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Profiles in Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer: The Kaiser Permanente AYA Cancer Survivors Study. J Clin Oncol. 2016 05 10; 34(14):1626-33.
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Intentional weight loss and risk of lymphohematopoietic cancers. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Feb; 21(2):223-36.
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Environmental and genetic risk factors for childhood leukemia: appraising the evidence. Cancer Invest. 2005; 23(1):60-75.
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Food consumption by children and the risk of childhood acute leukemia. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Dec 01; 160(11):1098-107.
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Risks of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and leukemia associated with common medications. Epidemiology. 1996 Mar; 7(2):131-9.
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Leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma following selected medical conditions. Cancer Causes Control. 1992 Sep; 3(5):449-56.
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Time-space clustering of childhood leukemia in New Zealand. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1971 Aug; 47(2):329-36.