Question 1

what are the tests for leukemia, adult chronic?

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Varies: Typical tests include blood examination under the microscope and flow cytometry which is enough to diagnose chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). For chronic myeloid leukemia (cml), a bone marrow biopsy is also necessary.

Question 2

what's the difference between the two chronic leukemias?

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Many differences: There are two chronic leukemias: chronic myelogenous leukemia( or cml) and 
chronic lymphocytic leukemia( or cll).
These are two different diseases altogether and require different types of drugs for their treatments and the results are vastly different. Your doctor can explain it further.

Question 3

what are the tests for chronic leukemia?

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Blood work etc: You would need at least- blood work.  Imaging scan for abdomen would be needed  in certain chronic leukemia ( cml) to evaluate spleen or if there is other indication ( such as presence of abdominal pain etc); a bone marrow biopsy will be needed in certain case of chronic leukemia. Please discuss further in detail with your hematologist/ oncologist.  Read more at www.Cancer.Net ; www.Lls.Org.

Question 4

what's the etiology of chronic leukemia?

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Usually sporadic: CML is associated with a known genetic abnormality (t(9;22) - otherwise known as the philadelphia chromosome). It is not known what in the environment  'causes' this.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia has different common genetic changes, the causes of which also are not known. Rarely though, cll seems to run in families.  This has led to significant research into what genetic drivers may be found.

Question 5

is chronic neutropenia a type of leukemia?

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No: Chronic neutropenia is not a type of leukemia. However, a very low neutrophil count can increase the risk for serious and recurrent infections.

Question 6

what are the symptoms of chronic leukemia?

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50% are asymptomatic: About half of patients with chronic leukemia have no symptoms and are discovered on a routine CBC (complete blood count) usually obtained for some other reason. When symptoms do occur, they may include fatigue or tiredness, swollen glands or lymph nodes, low grade fever or sweats that are persistent. More advanced symptoms can include, bleeding, bruising, anemia, enlarging belly or an infection.

Question 7

what does having adult chronic leukemia mean?

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Chonic leukemia: Chronic leukemia in general can be divided in to chronic lymphocyic leukemia (cll)  or chronic myelogenous leukemia (cml).. Boh are usually in adult. Median age a diagnosis in CML is 50 yrs; and in cll is  70 yrs. Cll accounts for 30% leukemia case -which is the most common leukemia in western countries. CML accounts for 15-20% cases. Most common presentation for both are abnormal blood test.

Question 8

what are the chances of  beating chronic leukemia?

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Chronic leukemia: 2 big groups of chronic leukemia are- chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). The chance of beating CML is very good as the response to daily tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy is amazing and the remission rate is high. In cll, however, therapy usually wont be needed on diagnosis if there is no indication.Also, many times people die of something else and not due to cll.

Question 9

what are the symptoms of chronic lymphatic leukemia?

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Varies: The patient could have no symptoms at all and only be picked up from routine blood tests. On the other hand, they may have lymph nodes that have gotten bigger, anemia, fatigue, fevers, weigh loss, infections, large spleen, etc.

Question 10

what are differences between acute and chronic leukemia?

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Various : Acute leukemia can lead to symptoms (bleeding, fever, infection, weakness) very quickly and requires treatment soon to avoid serious consequences including death. Chronic leukemias are more indolent may take awhile before causing symptoms often diagnose incidentally on a blood count. Treatment depends on the kind of leukemia: myeloid-treated soon to avoid becoming acute; lymphoid-could be watched.

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