How to Use lymphocytic leukemia in a Sentence

lymphocytic leukemia

noun
  • The cause was lymphocytic leukemia, said a daughter, Diana Parno.
    Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
  • That included grieving the loss of Meg Carbone, who died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2019.
    Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia accounts for about a quarter of new cases of leukemia.
    Jacqueline Howard and Carma Hassan, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
  • She was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), a form of leukemia usually found in children.
    Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
  • First, the team removed immune cells called T cells from each of the patients, who had chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a cancer affecting blood cells called B cells.
    Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2011
  • Doug Olson, one of the men who received the gene therapy, was first diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 1996.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The drug is being tested in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • The cause was congestive heart failure and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, said his partner, Sharon Jones.
    Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Reynolds is taking on the campaign in honor of her father, who was diagnosed in 2010 with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Most of the remaining cases have AML, also known as acute myeloid leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, or acute non-lymphocytic leukemia.
    Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The cause was complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, said his wife, activist Heather Booth.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia, the type of cancer JJ and Yaneli have, is the most common type of cancer among children, although pediatric cases remain rare compared to adult ones.
    Maya Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021
  • White had been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia eight years before his death, and had received a bone marrow transplant.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The third-term congressman is in remission for stage four chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which he was diagnosed with in July 2015.
    Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • After being diagnosed about 12 years ago with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the Washington, D.C., resident watched in pain as his immune system broke down and left him exposed to the raw forces of the world.
    Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2021
  • The Alabama native had battled acute lymphocytic leukemia – cancer of the blood and bone marrow, according to Mayo Clinic – since he was first diagnosed at age 4.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2021
  • In July 2021, the TLC star revealed his father's battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia on social media.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Last year, he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Maddux, 11, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia at age 5, and has undergone four years of chemotherapy.
    Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Doctors there sent Willow by ambulance to All Children's, where she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 11 Sep. 2017
  • But in 2014, Simon received a cancer diagnosis of his own — and is now in remission from chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 14 May 2018
  • Alyssa was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), a potentially aggressive type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, according to cancer.org.
    Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, is typically a slow-growing cancer in which immature white blood cells multiply in the bone marrow and spread throughout the body.
    Michael Nedelman, CNN, 31 July 2019
  • On Friday, September 8th, then two-year-old Willow Stine was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Studies over the past decade have found links between toxic air pollution and higher rates of blood cancers among children, including lymphoma and acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    Maya Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021
  • He was diagnosed with CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia).
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 21 July 2022
  • In one study, just over half of patients with blood, bone marrow, and lymph node cancer had antibodies; in another, less than 40% of patients with the blood cancer CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia) had an antibody response.
    Dr. Amanda Benarroch, Olivia Davies, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • In 2012, Lynn Scarfuto was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Taylor Avery, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
  • Kabosu was diagnosed with acute cholangiohepatitis, a liver condition, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer, Sato said in a post Tuesday.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Now, there is chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia; primary colorectal lymphomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors; and six subgroups of triple-negative breast cancer.
    Jon Hu, Forbes, 4 May 2023

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