Types and Classifications of Leukemia
Leukemia is described based on the type of white blood cells that it attacks. Lymphocytic leukemia occurs in certain white blood cells called lymphocytes within the bone marrow. Myeloid leukemia tends to start in other white blood cells rather than the lymphocytes, and can show up in red blood cells and platelets as well.
Leukemia is also described based on how aggressively the cancer grows. When it comes out of nowhere and grows very quickly, it is described as acute. But if the cells grow and multiply slowly yet consistently, the cancer is described as chronic.
Following are the four most commonly diagnosed types of leukemia.