What is an acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

Answer 1

Here's the best site for info:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes

Answer 2

Look up on the leukemia and lymphoma society's website. I have aml. I dont know the technicallities, but all is generally more often found in children, but not uincommon in adults. It is a cancer of the bone marrow.

Answer 3

* acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), also called lymphoblastic or lymphoid, accounts for about 75 percent of the childhood leukemias. In this form of the disease, the lymphocyte cell line is affected. The lymphocytes normally fight infection. With acute lymphocytic leukemia, the bone marrow makes too many of these lymphocytes and they do not mature correctly. The lymphocytes overproduce, thus, crowding out other blood cells. Immature blood cells (blasts) do not work properly to fight infection. Acute leukemia can occur over a short period of days to weeks. Chromosome abnormalities (extra chromosomes and structural changes in the chromosome material) are present in the majority of ALL patients.
* acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also called granulocytic, myelocytic, myeloblastic, or myeloid, accounts for about 19 percent of the childhood leukemias. Acute myelogenous leukemia is a cancer of the blood in which too many granulocytes, a type of white blood cell, are produced in the marrow. The granulocytes normally fight infection. With acute myelogenous leukemia, the bone marrow makes too many of these cells and they do not mature correctly. The granulocytes overproduce, thus, crowding out other blood cells. Immature blood cells (blasts) do not work properly to fight infection. Acute leukemia can occur over a short period of days to weeks. Children with certain genetic syndromes, including Fanconi anemia, Bloom syndrome, Kostmann syndrome, and Down syndrome, are at a higher risk of developing AML than other children.
* chronic myeloblastic leukemia (CML)
Chronic myeloblastic leukemia (CML) is uncommon in children. Chronic myeloblastic leukemia is cancer of the blood in which too many granulocytes, a type of white blood cell, are produced in the marrow. The granulocytes normally fight infection. With this disease, the bone marrow makes too many of these cells and they do not mature correctly. The marrow continues to produce these abnormal cells which crowd out other healthy blood cells. Chronic myeloblastic leukemia can occur over a period of months or years. A specific chromosome rearrangement is found in patients with CML. Part of chromosome #9 breaks off and attaches itself to chromosome #22, so that there is an exchange of genetic material between these two chromosomes. This rearrangement changes the position and functions of certain genes, which results in uncontrolled cell growth. Other chromosome abnormalities can also be present.

Answer 4

ALL is cancer of the bone marrow. It is most common in children but also occurs in adults.

You can email me at eendje1990(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)nz if you want to know anything more specific. I have some helpful links as well, but I can't access them from this computer.

Answer 5

Is cancer of the lymphocites (cells of inmunity).
Acute means "fast" growing (which actually helps in treatment as the faster cells grow the more susceptible to anticancer drugs).