Stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Pronunciation

Definition 1

There are too many lymphocytes in the blood, but there are no other symptoms of leukemia. Stage 0 is indolent (slow-growing). (NCI Dictionary)

Definition 2

Rai staging system. Stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia: absolute lymphocytosis (>15,000 per cubic millimeter) without adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, or thrombocytopenia. (NCI Thesaurus)

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