What is L1 ALL?

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): L1 Morphology This is a cytospin from the CSF of a patient with L1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) obtained at the time of diagnosis. Notice the monotonous look to the cells present.

What is the survival rate for lymphoblastic leukemia?

While acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children is more common than other types of cancer, it has high cure rates. Survival rates are lower in adults, but they are improving. The 5-year relative survival rate for ALL is 68.8%. The statistics further break down to 90% in children and 30-40% in adults.

What are the types of acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

Subtypes of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)

• B-cell ALL. B-cell ALL with certain genetic abnormalities (gene or chromosome changes)
• T-cell ALL.
• Mixed lineage acute leukemias.
• Age.
• Initial white blood cell (WBC) count.
• Gene or chromosome abnormalities.
• Response to chemotherapy.
• Status of ALL during and after treatment.

Is acute lymphoblastic leukemia aggressive?

ALL (also called acute lymphocytic leukemia) is an aggressive type of leukemia characterized by the presence of too many lymphoblasts or lymphocytes in the bone marrow and peripheral blood.

What is lymphoblastic lymphoma?

Listen to pronunciation. (LIM-foh-BLAS-tik lim-FOH-muh) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the lymph nodes and the thymus gland. These lymphoblasts may spread to other places in the body.

How can you tell the difference between lymphoma and CLL?

Leukemia and lymphoma are both forms of blood cancer, but they affect the body in different ways. The main difference is that leukemia affects the blood and bone marrow, while lymphomas mainly affect the lymph nodes.

Can all leukemia be cured?

In general, about 80% to 90% of adults will have complete remissions at some point during these treatments. This means leukemia cells can no longer be seen in their bone marrow. Unfortunately, about half of these patients relapse, so the overall cure rate is in the range of 40%.

What is L1 leukemia?

The small cell type L1 is most common in children but also occurs in adults. The L2 and L3 forms are more common in adults and have a significantly worse prognosis. With L1 disease the lymphocytes are uniformly small with round nuclei, little cytoplasm, and inconspicuous nucleoli.

What stage is ALL leukemia?

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) stages Typically, the size of the tumor and the spread of the cancer are evaluated and a stage is assigned. For acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), staging does not occur in this way because the disease originates in the bone marrow and usually does not form tumor masses.

How long can you live with ALL leukemia?

Survival rates by type