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Acute leukemia

MedGen UID:
43225
Concept ID:
C0085669
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Acute leukemias
SNOMED CT: Acute leukemia (91855006); Acute leukemia, morphology, including blast cell OR undifferentiated leukemia (24072005); Acute leukemia, disease (91855006); Acute leukemia (24072005)
 
HPO: HP:0002488
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0010643

Definition

A clonal (malignant) hematopoietic disorder with an acute onset, affecting the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. The malignant cells show minimal differentiation and are called blasts, either myeloid blasts (myeloblasts) or lymphoid blasts (lymphoblasts). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcute leukemia

Conditions with this feature

Storage pool disease of platelets
MedGen UID:
19351
Concept ID:
C0032197
Disease or Syndrome
A rare hemorrhagic disorder due to a constitutional platelet anomaly characterized by moderate to severe deficiency in both platelet alpha-granules and dense bodies, resulting in impaired platelet function and decreased aggregation responses. Patients present increased bleeding tendency with symptoms like easy bruising, or menorrhagia.
Li-Fraumeni syndrome 1
MedGen UID:
322656
Concept ID:
C1835398
Disease or Syndrome
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a cancer predisposition syndrome associated with high risks for a diverse spectrum of childhood- and adult-onset malignancies. The lifetime risk of cancer in individuals with LFS is =70% for men and =90% for women. Five cancer types account for the majority of LFS tumors: adrenocortical carcinomas, breast cancer, central nervous system tumors, osteosarcomas, and soft-tissue sarcomas. LFS is associated with an increased risk of several additional cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, gastrointestinal cancers, cancers of head and neck, kidney, larynx, lung, skin (e.g., melanoma), ovary, pancreas, prostate, testis, and thyroid. Individuals with LFS are at increased risk for cancer in childhood and young adulthood; survivors are at increased risk for multiple primary cancers.
Leukemia, acute, X-linked
MedGen UID:
502257
Concept ID:
C3501854
Neoplastic Process
X-linked form of acute leukemia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Alexander TB, Orgel E
Curr Oncol Rep 2021 Feb 5;23(2):22. doi: 10.1007/s11912-020-01010-w. PMID: 33544265
Abel GA, Klepin HD
Blood 2018 Feb 1;131(5):515-524. Epub 2017 Nov 15 doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-09-746420. PMID: 29141942
Devine SM, Larson RA
CA Cancer J Clin 1994 Nov-Dec;44(6):326-52. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.44.6.326. PMID: 7953914

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pang A, Huo Y, Shen B, Zheng Y, Jiang E, Feng S, Han M
Stem Cells Transl Med 2021 Nov;10 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S75-S84. doi: 10.1002/sctm.21-0176. PMID: 34724713Free PMC Article
Schmidt MP, Colita A, Ivanov AV, Coriu D, Miron IC
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Oct 8;100(40):e27459. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027459. PMID: 34622870Free PMC Article
Alexander TB, Orgel E
Curr Oncol Rep 2021 Feb 5;23(2):22. doi: 10.1007/s11912-020-01010-w. PMID: 33544265
Cernan M, Szotkowski T, Pikalova Z
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2017 Sep;161(3):234-241. Epub 2017 Apr 18 doi: 10.5507/bp.2017.013. PMID: 28422191
Peters JM, Ansari MQ
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2011 Jan;135(1):44-54. doi: 10.5858/2010-0387-RAR.1. PMID: 21204710

Diagnosis

Weinberg OK, Arber DA
Am J Clin Pathol 2022 Jul 1;158(1):27-34. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqac070. PMID: 35775438
Alexander TB, Orgel E
Curr Oncol Rep 2021 Feb 5;23(2):22. doi: 10.1007/s11912-020-01010-w. PMID: 33544265
Rose-Inman H, Kuehl D
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2017 Dec;31(6):1011-1028. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2017.08.006. PMID: 29078921
Rose-Inman H, Kuehl D
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2014 Aug;32(3):579-96. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2014.04.004. PMID: 25060251
Peters JM, Ansari MQ
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2011 Jan;135(1):44-54. doi: 10.5858/2010-0387-RAR.1. PMID: 21204710

Therapy

Dean AQ, Luo S, Twomey JD, Zhang B
MAbs 2021 Jan-Dec;13(1):1951427. doi: 10.1080/19420862.2021.1951427. PMID: 34291723Free PMC Article
Saleh K, Khalifeh-Saleh N, Kourie HR
Future Oncol 2020 May;16(14):961-972. Epub 2020 Apr 16 doi: 10.2217/fon-2019-0670. PMID: 32297538
Stern A, Green H, Paul M, Vidal L, Leibovici L
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014 Oct 1;2014(10):CD005590. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005590.pub3. PMID: 25269391Free PMC Article
Slamon D, Eiermann W, Robert N, Pienkowski T, Martin M, Press M, Mackey J, Glaspy J, Chan A, Pawlicki M, Pinter T, Valero V, Liu MC, Sauter G, von Minckwitz G, Visco F, Bee V, Buyse M, Bendahmane B, Tabah-Fisch I, Lindsay MA, Riva A, Crown J; Breast Cancer International Research Group
N Engl J Med 2011 Oct 6;365(14):1273-83. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0910383. PMID: 21991949Free PMC Article
Chan KW
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2002 Feb;32(2):40-9. doi: 10.1067/mps.2002.121790. PMID: 11951089

Prognosis

Itzykson R, Fournier E, Berthon C, Röllig C, Braun T, Marceau-Renaut A, Pautas C, Nibourel O, Lemasle E, Micol JB, Adès L, Lebon D, Malfuson JV, Gastaud L, Goursaud L, Raffoux E, Wattebled KJ, Rousselot P, Thomas X, Chantepie S, Cluzeau T, Serve H, Boissel N, Terré C, Celli-Lebras K, Preudhomme C, Thiede C, Dombret H, Gardin C, Duployez N
Blood 2021 Aug 19;138(7):507-519. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021011103. PMID: 34410352
Fuchs EJ, O'Donnell PV, Eapen M, Logan B, Antin JH, Dawson P, Devine S, Horowitz MM, Horwitz ME, Karanes C, Leifer E, Magenau JM, McGuirk JP, Morris LE, Rezvani AR, Jones RJ, Brunstein CG
Blood 2021 Jan 21;137(3):420-428. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020007535. PMID: 33475736Free PMC Article
Venugopal S, Zhou S, El Jamal SM, Lane AA, Mascarenhas J
Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2019 Sep;19(9):545-554. Epub 2019 Jun 13 doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2019.06.002. PMID: 31281107
Khan M, Siddiqi R, Naqvi K
Ann Hematol 2018 Jun;97(6):945-953. Epub 2018 Mar 15 doi: 10.1007/s00277-018-3297-6. PMID: 29546454
Rose-Inman H, Kuehl D
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2014 Aug;32(3):579-96. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2014.04.004. PMID: 25060251

Clinical prediction guides

Lyu T, Li X, Song Y
Chin Med J (Engl) 2023 Apr 20;136(8):886-898. Epub 2023 Apr 3 doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000002642. PMID: 37010259Free PMC Article
Kurzer JH, Weinberg OK
Int J Lab Hematol 2022 Sep;44 Suppl 1:64-70. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13923. PMID: 35770493
Reikvam H, Hatfield KJ, Wendelbo Ø, Lindås R, Lassalle P, Bruserud Ø
Biomolecules 2022 Mar 24;12(4) doi: 10.3390/biom12040492. PMID: 35454082Free PMC Article
Ten Cate H, Leader A
Hamostaseologie 2021 Apr;41(2):120-126. Epub 2021 Apr 15 doi: 10.1055/a-1393-8302. PMID: 33860520
Scalzulli E, Pepe S, Colafigli G, Breccia M
Blood Rev 2021 Jan;45:100689. Epub 2020 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2020.100689. PMID: 32253020

Recent systematic reviews

Teh JSK, Coussement J, Neoh ZCF, Spelman T, Lazarakis S, Slavin MA, Teh BW
Blood Adv 2022 Apr 12;6(7):2014-2034. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006333. PMID: 34852173Free PMC Article
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Osteoporos Int 2021 Feb;32(2):225-232. Epub 2020 Oct 30 doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05664-x. PMID: 33128074
Maruffi M, Sposto R, Oberley MJ, Kysh L, Orgel E
Leukemia 2018 Jul;32(7):1515-1528. Epub 2018 Feb 27 doi: 10.1038/s41375-018-0058-4. PMID: 29550836Free PMC Article
Karalexi MA, Dessypris N, Thomopoulos TP, Ntouvelis E, Kantzanou M, Diamantaras AA, Moschovi M, Baka M, Hatzipantelis E, Kourti M, Polychronopoulou S, Stiakaki E, Mora AM, Wunsch-Filho V, Infante-Rivard C, Loutradis D, Petridou ET
Eur J Cancer Prev 2017 Sep;26(5):433-441. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000350. PMID: 28379884
Stern A, Green H, Paul M, Vidal L, Leibovici L
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014 Oct 1;2014(10):CD005590. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005590.pub3. PMID: 25269391Free PMC Article

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