Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a cancer of the white blood cells. This video outlines the symptoms of APL and how the disease is diagnosed.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 - What is Acute promyelocytic leukemia
02:00 - The biology of Acute promyelocytic leukemia
02:08 - What is bone marrow?
02:38 - Myeloid maturation and APL
03:05 - How does APL develop?
03:52 - How do cells work in the human body?
04:08 - What are chromosomes?
04:22 - Cell division
04:47 - APL genes and chromosomes
05:12 - Why does APL happen?
05:40 - Who can get APL?
06:14 - Symptoms of acute promyelocytic leukemia
08:56 - Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia
09:40 - Early treatment includes
00:10:10 - Tests for acute promyelocytic leukemia
00:12:05 - Acute promyelocytic leukemia classifications