How to Use lymphocytic leukemia in a Sentence

lymphocytic leukemia

noun
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia accounts for about a quarter of new cases of leukemia.
    — Jacqueline Howard and Carma Hassan, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Last year, he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The cause was lymphocytic leukemia, said a daughter, Diana Parno.
    — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 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
  • But long-term exposure to the gas can cause breast cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, lymphocytic leukemia, and myeloma.
    — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Summary Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a slow-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
    — Julie Scott, Msn, Anp-Bc, Aocnp, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
  • Miller had acute lymphocytic leukemia, a form that is highly aggressive and typically impacts children and teens.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The cause was congestive heart failure and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, said his partner, Sharon Jones.
    — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • She was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in about 2010.
    — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The cause was complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, said his wife, activist Heather Booth.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Bradley died in 2006 at the age of 65 of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • In June 2022, Bradley’s son Josh, then eight years old, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    — Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Donovan was first diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a strain of the disease that starts in white blood cells and affects bone marrow, in 2000.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Aletta also had another daughter from a previous relationship, who had acute lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood and bone marrow cancer.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Doctors there sent Willow by ambulance to All Children's, where she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 11 Sep. 2017
  • 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 researchers also considered whether patients had health conditions like an organ transplant history or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • In November, Campbell — who has previously opened up about living with lymphocytic leukemia — underwent more of the pre-skin cancer treatment on the right side of his face.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • That same year, Harwell’s six-month-old son, Presley Scott, died of complications from acute lymphocytic leukemia, leading the singer to create a research fund for the disease.
    — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 4 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Its products include the lung cancer drug Tagrisso; Lynparza, an oral treatment for ovarian cancer; and Calquence, which treats chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The most common examples involve crucial drugs for treating blood cancers like chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), lymphoma, and myeloma.
    — Alex Mejia Garcia, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026

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