Patient-Reported Symptoms and Quality of Life in Adults With Acute Leukemia: A Systematic Review

Leukemia has little age predilection; individuals have been diagnosed with the disease at various stages of life. Leukemia is a group of diseases that arise from the abnormal proliferation of mature myeloid and lymphocytic cells (National Cancer Institute [NCI], 2014c). Four types of leukemia exist: acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia, and chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL). The...