Oncology: Leukemia and Lymphoma

2. The most common leukemia in adults (acronym)
5. Very agressive and the most common in children (acronym)
8. arises directly or indirectly from hemopoietic stem cells
10. deficiency of platelets in the blood. This causes bleeding into the tissues, bruising, and slow blood clotting after injury
13. the presence of abnormally few neutrophils in the blood, leading to increased susceptibility to infection
15. A type of lymphoma in which –Reed-Sternberg cells must be present
17. the maturation of the cells is preserved but the unregulated proliferation results in the accumulation of leukemic cells in the bone marrow
18. the acummulating leukemic cells are immature or have undergone a defect in maturation

1. unpaired pharyngeal tonsil in the roof of the pharynx, paired palatine tonsils & lingual tonsils scattered in the root of the tongue (two words)
3. largest mass of lymphatic tissue
4. The primary treatment for leukemia
6. examination of the antigens on the cell surface and the antibodies produced by the body that match the antigen
7. 95% have the Philadelphia chromosome (acromnym)
9. arises from other cells populating in bone marrow
11. a small red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin
12. in order for a patient to recieve a bone marrow transplant, their own bone marrow must be destroyed by this radiation procedure (acronym)
14. a heterogeneous group of lympho-proliferative malignancies with differing patterns of behavior and responses to treatment (hyphenated)
16. lymphatic organ and site where T lymphocytes mature, larger in children and more active in pediatric immunity