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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Precursor Lymphoid Neoplasm
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Hematologic Malignancy

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

CI-CAN-00000400ALLExplore in graph →

Hematologic547 active trials12 approved drugs43 evidence items

NCIt: C3167
DOID: 9952
MeSH: D054198
Other: 3 more codes

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics3
Variants & evidence43
Drugs16
Trials2037
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (data present)
Evidence (data present)
Therapies (data present)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. It includes the acute B lymphoblastic leukemia and acute T lymphoblastic leukemia.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

Acute LeukemiaHematologic Malignancy
Lymphoid LeukemiaHematologic Malignancy
Precursor Lymphoid NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (6)

ncit

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Gene Expression Profile2 sub
Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia2 sub
Aleukemic Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia1 sub
B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia14 sub
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia3 sub
T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia12 sub

61 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Hematopoietic and Lymphatic SystemC35813

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00000400
Entity type: Hematologic Malignancy
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Hematologic
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 4
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

2,037 / 547

Publications (all / 5y)

37,533 / 7,302

Evidence items

43

Genes / variants

100 / 23

Drugs (any / approved)

16 / 12

Genomic cohorts

3

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (22)

Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphomamesh_heading · MeSH
Acute lymphatic leukemiasynonym · NCIt
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemiasynonym · CIViC
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)synonym · NCIt
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, precursor cell typesynonym · NCIt
Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemiasynonym · NCIt
Acute Lymphogenous Leukemiasynonym · NCIt
Acute Lymphoid Leukemiasynonym · NCIt
ALL - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemiasynonym · NCIt
ALL_TYPEsynonym · NCIt
c-ALLsynonym · NCIt
Common precursor B ALLsynonym · NCIt
Leukemia, Lymphoblasticsynonym · MeSH
Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acutesynonym · MeSH
LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOBLASTIC, MALIGNANTsynonym · NCIt
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acutesynonym · MeSH
Leukemia, Lymphoid, Acutesynonym · MeSH
Lymphoblastic Leukemiasynonym · NCIt
Lymphoblastic Lymphomasynonym · MeSH
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemiasynonym · NCIt
Precursor Lymphoblasic Leukemiasynonym · NCIt
Precursor Lymphoblastic Leukemiasynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

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US deaths23,740countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #7 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Leukemia (registry level) — open Leukemia
US new cases58,254countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #11 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Leukemia (registry level) — open Leukemia
US age-standardized mortality5.5per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #6 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Leukemia (registry level) — open Leukemia
Active trials547countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #70 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials331countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #62 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items43countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #90 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months1,209countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #95 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts3countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #202 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants