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CHRONIC-LEUKEMIA-NOS


Definition: a progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Chronic leukemia progresses slowly and permits the growth of greater numbers of more developed cells. In general, these more mature cells can carry out some of their normal functions.

Conceptual Structures
ISALEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LYMPHATIC-AND-HEMATOPOIETIC-TISSUE
PHYSICAL-EVENT
RELATIONSTREATED-WITH : RADIATION-THERAPY
    CHEMOTHERAPY
    BONE-MARROW-TRANSPLANTATION
ATTRIBUTESDISEASE-PROGRESS-RATE : SLOW
INHERITED
RELATIONS
AFFECTS-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM : BONE-MARROW (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
LYMPHATIC-SYSTEM (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
AFFECTS-TISSUE : TISSUE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM)
AGENT : ANIMAL (from LIVING-EVENT)
CAUSED-BY : CARCINOGEN (from HAVE-NEOPLASM)
DIAGNOSED-WITH : BONE-MARROW-TEST (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
BONE-MARROW-ASPIRATION (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
BONE-MARROW-BIOPSY (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
BLOOD-TEST (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
DIAGNOSED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : MEDICAL-DEVICE (from DISEASE-EVENT)
EXPERIENCER : PATIENT (from DISEASE-EVENT)
HAS-RISK-FACTOR : BENZENE (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
ANTINEOPLASTIC-AGENT (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
NUCLEAR-ENERGY (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
HAS-SYMPTOM : BECOME-TIRED (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
SWEAT (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
   
HAVE-FEVER (from LEUKEMIA-OF-UNSPECIFIED-CELL-TYPE)
LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-EVENT)
THEME : OBJECT (from CHANGE-STATE)
TREATED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL (from HAVE-NEOPLASM)
   
MEDICAL-DEVICE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM)
INHERITED
ATTRIBUTES
DIRECTION-OF-CHANGE : NEGATIVE (from CHANGE-STATE)
    POSITIVE (from
CHANGE-STATE)
TYPE-OF-CHANGE : PHYSICAL (from DISEASE-EVENT)
    MENTAL (from
DISEASE-EVENT)