LEUKEMIA

Course overview

LEUKEMIA IS A HETEROGENEOUS GROUP OF HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES THAT ARISE FROM DYSFUNCTIONAL PROLIFERATION OF DEVELOPING LEUKOCYTES. IT IS CLASSIFIED AS EITHER ACUTE OR CHRONIC AND AS MYELOCYTIC OR LYMPHOCYTIC. TREATMENT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF LEUKEMIA BUT GENERALLY INVOLVES CHEMOTHERAPY. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF LEUKEMIA AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LEUKEMIA AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.