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Hematology 2/ Ex. 2/ Intro to leukemia Flashcards

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Leukemia definition

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Progressive, malignant disease of hematopoietic system
Characterized by unregulated proliferation of (usually) 1 cell line

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Where do the abnormal cells originate? What happens after?

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Abnormal cells originate in bone marrow & then spread into peripheral blood

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What is the cause of malignancy?

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Unknown (Exception: radiation, chemo)

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How are leukemias grouped?

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By cell lineage and by the maturity of the affected cells (Acute or chronic)

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Acute leukemia is characterized by ______ and is commonly seen in what age group?

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immature cells; seen commonly in children

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What is Leukemic hiatus? What leukemia do we see this in?

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Gap in normal maturation; No myelos or metas
Seen in acute leukemia

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Leukemia is sudden onset, short term, and aggressive, causing lots of

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infections and hemorrhaging

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FAB defines acute leukemia by:
WHO defined acute leukemia by:

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FAB defines acute leukemia by >30% blasts in bone marrow

WHO defined acute leukemia by >20% blasts in bone marrow (-blastic)

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FAB defines acute leukemia by:
WHO defined acute leukemia by:

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FAB defines acute leukemia by >30% blasts in bone marrow

WHO defined acute leukemia by >20% blasts in bone marrow (-blastic)**

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In chronic leukemia, we see what kind of wbcs?

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ALL stages of maturation, but predominantly mature cells

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What kind of onset is chronic leukemia?

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Insidious onset (Takes a while)

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Although chronic leukemia is lengthier and less aggressive, it is harder to recover from than

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acute leukemia

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FAB defines chronic leukemia by:
WHO defined chronic leukemia by:

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FAB defines chronic leukemia by <30% blasts in bone marrow
WHO defined chronic leukemia by <20% blasts in bone marrow (-cytic)**

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What is blast crisis?

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When chronic turns into acute, meaning end of diagnosis…

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Most time, chronic leukemia affects what group?

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Adults

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What is the WBC count in acute and chronic leukemia?

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Acute: variable (can be very low)
Chronic: high!

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What is the plt count in acute and chronic leukemia?

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Acute: variable (can be very low)
Chronic: normal to increased

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Organomegaly in acute is?

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mild

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Organomegaly in chronic leukemia is

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severe

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How did the French-American-British system diagnose leukemia?

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Cytochemical stains

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What are the four methodologies uses for identifying and classifying leukemias?

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1A. Morphological review of bone marrow
1B. morphological review of peripheral blood smears
2. Cytochemical stains
3. Immuno-phenotyping
4. Cytogenetic and molecular analyses

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A morphological bone marrow MUST be done with:

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a peripheral blood smear (and vise versa)

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Bone marrow review is only good for differentiating

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acute or chronic

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Cytochemical stains (NSE, LAP, etc). identifies

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specific molecules in malignant cells associated w/ specific cell lines (Lipids, enzymes)

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Immunophenotyping using flow cytometry for:
specific cell lineage and.or specific maturation stage markers
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What kind of markers can we find with immunophenotying
surfacem cytoplasmic, nuclear
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Anauploidy:
increase in risk of relapse
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Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) is an enzyme that:
is present only in early lymphoid cells, so you find this increased levels n lymphoblastic leukemias (ALL), but not really in AMLs
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What are the four major types of leukemia?
1. ALL: Acute lymphoblastic (less specifically, lymphocytic) Leukemia 2. CLL: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia 3. AML: Acute myeloblastic (less specifically, Myelocytic or Myeloid) Leukemia; aka ANILL (Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia) 4. CML: Chronic myelocytic/Myelogenous/Myeloid Leukemia
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) subclassifications
Myelocytic/Myelogenous Promyelocytic Monocytic Myelomonocytic (AMML) Erythrocytic (AEL) Megakaryocytic (AMegL)
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Acute lymphoid (ALL) subclassification
T-Lymphocytic B-Lymphocytic Null Cell (?)
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chronic myeloid leukemia subclassifications:
Myelocytic/ Myelogenous (CML) Myelomonocytic (CMML)
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia subclassifications:
Lymphocytic (CLL) Plasmacytic Hairy Cell (HCL) Prolymphocytic (PLL)
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Few exceptions to 'unknown' cause:
Genetics Leukemoge Viral infections Radiation
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What are leukemogens?
Chemicals causing bone marrow depression and aplasia predispose to leukemia later on (Ex. benzene, chloramphenicol, sulfa drugs, insecticides, antineoplastics)
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How do viral infections cause leukemias?
Some retroviruses transform N. cells by inserting their own oncogenes into the host cell's genome, causing them to become malignant. [EBV linked to Burkitt non-hodgkin lymphoma]
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Proto-oncogenes are normal genes which become altered by mutation to become
oncogenes (genes that cause cancer mutations)
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2 examples of mutated versions of proto-oncogene
CML t(9;22) and Burkitt Lymphoma t(8;14) CML: ABL proto-oncogene on chromosome 9 is activated when fused with the BCR component of chromosome 22 Burkitt lymphoma: MYCproto-oncogene on chromosome 8 is activated when fused with Ig on chromosome 14
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Aneuploid:
chromosome number that is abnormal
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Tumor suppressor genes code for
proteins which resist malignancy
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Lab evaluation steps
1. Preliminary workout up of peripheral blood: CBS w/ plt and diff., RBCs smear, Plt and WBC count, and differential 2. Secondary stage workup: bone marrow aspirate and biopsy analysis, cytochemistry (special stains), immuno-phenotying (ABs and fluorescent stains), cytogenic studies (PCR and FISH)
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Minimal residual disease (MRD) is detected via cytogenic studies (PCR and FISH) to detect:
lowest level of disease detectable in patients who are in continous clinical remisssion
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What is the minimum % of blasts in bone marrow required for acute diagnosis in FAB system?
30%
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What is the minimum % of blasts in bone marrow required for acute diagnosis in WHO system?
20%
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Methods are sensitivity to
levels of tumor burden (amount of cancel cell present in pts body)
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Treatment must start with a good and accurate: What are the two goals?
Must start with a good/accurate diagnosis Two goals: (Depends on prognosis/treatments) 1. Eradicate leukemic cell mass 2. Provide supportive care for symptoms
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Four factors playing roles in prognosis & treatment modalities are the patients:
Pretreatment health status Age Concurrent infection Abnormal cytogenetics
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The younger the patient & the less symptomatic, the greater the
response to therapy likely will be
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Categories of leukemia therapy:
1. Chemotherapy 2. Radiation therapy 3. Supportive therapy 4. Targeted therapy 5. Stem cell transplantation
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Describe the first line of leukemia therapy and its three stages of therapeutic strategy
Typically given through IV w/ antibiotics for diffuse malignancies Three stages of therapeutic strategy: 1. Induction – of complete remission (Normal bone marrow cellularity = < 5% blasts!) 2. Consolidation – low dose chemo. To prevent recurrence 3. Maintenance – of remission
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Describe the 2nd line of leukemia therapy
Radiation; Produces unstable ions that damage cancer cells’ DNA Used for localized malignancies
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Describe the 3rd line of leukemia therapy
-Used to support cancer patients -Allow for more efficient and effective delivery of chemotherapy regimens by preventing delays or dose reductions due to low blood counts -Examples are colony stimulating factors & EPO (to help spare the remaining cells)
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Describe the 4th line of leukemia therapy
Targeted therapy: Monoclonal antibodies which bind directly to affect cell, activates complement, and cell lysis
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Describe the best, but last line of leukemia therapy
Bone marrow or stem cell transplant!! -Patient should be in good clinical condition & in 1st clinical remission for best results -The effort to isolate stem cells from non-embryonic sources is making tremendous strides -Classic approach typically requires intensive chemotherapy, then total body irradiation
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What are the three types of donors for BMT, or SCT?
1. Syngeneic: identical twin donor (most rare most desired) 2. Allogenic: donor genetically diff. from recipeient 3. Autologous: patients own marrow or peripheral blood stem cells
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Common clinical symptoms of all leukemias (to a greater or lesser degree), due to (5)
Due to bone marrow overcrowding: Myelopthisic anemia Due to anemia: Malaise, fatigue, pallor (dyspnea if severe) Due to thrombocytopenia: petichiae, epistaxis, hemorrhage Due to extreme anemia: extramedullary hematopoiesis, causing hepatosplenomegaly (Can further exacerbate anemia!!) Due to neutropenia: increased overwhelming infections **Primary cause of death in leukemia*
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Leukemoid reaction
a. Transient, reactive leukocytosis due to infection b. Temporary resemblance of peripheral blood picture to “leukemic picture” c. Severe left shift & very rare nRBCs (WBCT > 50,000/uL)
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Leukoerythroblastic reaction (aka. Leukoerythroblastic anemia, or Leukoerythroblastosis)
a. Presence of both nRBCs & left shift in peripheral blood b. Caused by bone marrow damage from a malignant, “space-occupying lesion”, with consequent extensive extramedullary hematopoiesis c. May be mild or severe, & occurs in CML & in lymphomas
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What is the LAP stain?
Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase (LAP): An enzyme found in the secondary granules of neutrophils The substrate naphthol AS-B1 phosphate is hydrolyzed by the enzyme at an alkaline pH, and dyed to produce a colored precipitate **Two slides are obtained per patient, and activity as graded from o to 4+ (performed by two techs, and must agree within 10%)
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How can we differentiate leukemoid reaction vs CML?
LAP stain!!!
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LAP is ____ in early leukemia
decreased; because leukemic neutrophils are too abnormal to expresses the LAP that normal mature bands & segs would
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LAP is ___ in leukemoid reaction due to left shift
increased; because there are tons of band & segs full of secondary granules containing LAP, just waiting to attack the infectious invaders – it only looks like leukemia because of the high WBC count. Also, you see only very rare nRBCS!
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Normal LAP score?
15-170

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