"Leukemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. (From The Merck Manual, 2006)
| Descriptor ID |
D007938
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.337
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukemia- Leukemia
- Leukemias
- Leucocythaemia
- Leucocythaemias
- Leucocythemia
- Leucocythemias
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leukemia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Leukemia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukemia" by people in Profiles.
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The Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC): Expanding global collaboration in pediatric cancer etiology research. Cancer Epidemiol. 2026 Oct; 104:103208.
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Discovery and preclinical activity of the menin-KMT2A inhibitor ziftomenib in acute leukemia models. Blood. 2026 08 06; 148(6):751-766.
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Improved Early Referral in Long-Term Survivor Care With Institutional Standardized Practice Among Childhood Leukemia Survivors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2026 Sep; 73(9):e70461.
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Donor Selection and Human Leukocyte Antigen Loss Leukemia Relapse After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. J Clin Oncol. 2026 Aug 10; 44(23):2221-2232.
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Co-occurring clonal hematopoiesis exhibits strong selection and high leukemia risk. Nat Commun. 2026 May 21; 17(1).
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Disparate leukemia mutations converge on nuclear phase-separated condensates. Cell. 2025 Dec 11; 188(25):7118-7136.e21.
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Telomere attrition becomes an instrument for clonal selection in aging hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis. Nat Genet. 2025 Sep; 57(9):2215-2225.
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Maternal prenatal infection and childhood leukaemia: a Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) meta-analysis. Int J Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 18; 54(5).
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Optimizing early phase clinical trial washout periods: a report from the Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 11 01; 116(11):1721-1729.
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The cytotoxic activities of the major diterpene extracted from Salvia multicaulis (Bardakosh) are mediated by the regulation of heat-shock response and fatty acid metabolism pathways in human leukemia cells. Phytomedicine. 2024 Dec; 135:156023.