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Staging hairy cell leukaemia
Stage means how far a cancer has grown or developed when it is diagnosed. Most types of cancer have a numbered stage, but stage is not used much for HCL. Your doctor works out your treatment for HCL based on any symptoms you have and your general health and fitness.
There is a staging system for hairy cell leukaemia (HCL), but specialists generally don’t use it. We have included it here in case you hear about it. The system uses two symptoms as a way of measuring disease. Doctors call these markers. The markers for HCL are
- Your level of anaemia (your red blood cell count)
- The size of your spleen
There are 3 stages in this system, depending on whether you have either of these symptoms and on how severe they are. If both are normal, or only slightly abnormal, it is stage 1. Moderate abnormalities are stage 2. A very enlarged spleen and severe anaemia is stage 3.
You can view and print the quick guides for all the pages in the Treating hairy cell leukaemia section.
Stage means how far a cancer has grown or developed when it is diagnosed. Once your test results are all complete, your doctors will know more about how far your leukaemia has developed. Most types of cancer have a numbered stage, but stage is not used much for HCL.
Your doctor works out your treatment for HCL based on any symptoms you have and your general health and fitness
There are different ways of staging the various types of chronic leukaemia. If you are looking for information about the stages of other types of chronic leukaemia this is not the right section for you. You can find information about staging for chronic myeloid leukaemia or chronic lymphocytic leukaemia on these links.
Specialists generally use two symptoms as a way of measuring how far hairy cell leukaemia has developed. Doctors call them markers and they are
There are 3 stages in this system, depending on whether you have either of these symptoms and on how severe they are
- If both are normal, or only slightly abnormal, it is stage 1
- Moderate abnormalities are stage 2
- A very enlarged spleen and severe anaemia is stage 3
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