Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult: Cancer of the white blood cells. Precursors to white blood cells are called blasts and are made by the bone marrow but in ALL the blasts are abnormal and do not develop into lymphocytes. Instead, the abnormal blasts or leukemic cells multiply rapidly and reduce the level of other types of blood cells such as red blood cells and platelets. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult is available below.
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult, or a subtype of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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