Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma

Question 1

define haematological malignancy​

Answer 1

high amounts of abnormal/immature blood cells present in the blood

Question 2

how would you define a leukaemia?

Question 3

what differentiates the two types of leukaemia?

Answer 3

what type of cells they derive from (myeloid or lymphoid)

Question 4

what two types of cells can leukaemia derive from?

Answer 4

myeloid and lymphoid cells

Question 5

what are the 4 main subtypes of leukaemia?

Answer 5

Acute myeloblastic leukaemia​

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia​

Chronic myeloid leukaemia​

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia​

Question 6

why are acute leukaemias harder to treat than chronic?

Answer 6

A chronic leukaemia is a leukaemia of a mature cell. The mature cell affected means the cell before it in the haemopoeisis pathway is the problem.​

An acute leukaemia goes back more in the pathway – deeper in the bone marrow – harder to treat