Acute Leukemia

Acute leukemia is characterized by the rapid increase of immature blood cells. This crowding makes the bone marrow unable to produce healthy blood cells. Immediate treatment is required in acute leukemia due to the rapid progression and accumulation of the malignant cells, which then spill over into the bloodstream and spread to other organs of the body. Acute forms of leukemia are the most common forms of leukemia in children. If it is not treatment, the patients will death within six months.

According to the type of leukemia cells, clinical on further divided into acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), each category has several types.

At present, the common types are as follows: ALL is divided into L1, L2 and L3 type;
AML is divided into 8 types:
minimally differentiated acute myeloblastic leukemia (M0);
acute myeloblastic leukemia, without maturation (M1);
acute myeloblastic leukemia, with granulocytic maturation t(M2)
promyelocytic, or acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) (M3)
acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4)
acute monoblastic leukemia (M5)
acute erythroid leukemias (M6)
acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7)