There are five types of white blood cells, and each can be affected differently by cancer and its treatments. They are: Cancer can lead to a high or low WBC count, depending on factors that ...

Medically reviewed by Benjamin Leach, MDYou can increase white blood cells (WBCs) by taking certain medications and eating ...

52% had normal WBC count and 17% had neither WBC elevation nor fever. Despite multiple studies showing that a normal white blood cell (WBC) count does not exclude serious disease, physicians in ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) affects lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell (WBC). CLL specifically affects B lymphocytes, which are also called B cells. Normal B cells ...

A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam. The medical assistant (MA) checking the patient in remarked that he is asymptomatic except for reporting being a little bit more fatigued than usual.

ALL and CLL are staged based on the WBC count at the time of diagnosis. The presence of immature white blood cells, or myeloblasts, in the blood and bone marrow is also used to stage AML and CML.

Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) are a subset of leukocytes (or White Blood Cell, WBC). Leukocytes are essential members of the immune system that defend the body against disease.

Some cells do repairs if you get a cut. Red blood cells deliver oxygen and take away rubbish. And your white blood cells are like police looking for germs. There's a lot going on inside you!

Many symptoms of high leukocytes in children can indicate an infection or something more serious, such as lymphoma or leukemia. A child who bruises easily may indicate thrombocytopenia (low platelet ...

A study published in November in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology that Emerson co-authored validated the analyzer against the Sysmex XN Automated Hematology System and found that CytoChip's ...