NCIt related terms : Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML);
NCIt definition : A myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm which is characterized by persistent
monocytosis, absence of a Philadelphia chromosome and BCR/ABL fusion gene, fewer than
20 percent blasts in the bone marrow and blood, myelodysplasia, and absence of PDGFRA
or PDGFRB rearrangement.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A slowly progressing type of myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disease
in which too many myelomonocytes (a type of white blood cell) are in the bone marrow,
crowding out other normal blood cells, such as other white blood cells, red blood
cells, and platelets.;
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
ICD-O code : 9945/3;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000367436; CDR0000367437; 10009018;