Leukemia, mast-cell: A very aggressive form of leukemia - a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia. The cancer can in rare cases develop from chronic myeloid leukemia or systemic mastocytosis but generally develops on its own. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Leukemia, mast-cell is available below.
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Prognosis for Leukemia, mast-cell: This is a very aggressive type of cancer that usually carries a poor prognosis. Death usually occurs within a year of diagnosis.
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Leukemia, mast-cell is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Leukemia, mast-cell, or a subtype of Leukemia, mast-cell,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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