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Offers resources on chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and acute myelogenous leukemia, including warning signs and symptoms, causes and risk factors, diagnosis, support, and treatment.
Leukemia is a cancer that starts in the white blood cells (also called WBCs or leukocytes). The type of leukemia you have depends on the type of white blood cell that is involved (lymphoid or myeloid) and whether it is developing slowly (chronic) or rapidly (acute). The most common leukemias are: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); acute myelogenous leukemia (AML); chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
Source: Canadian Cancer Society
Leukemia is a type of cancer that starts in the white blood cells. Because of advances in treatment, it is now one of the most curable cancers with a survival rate of nearly 80 per cent.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells in which the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells (leukemic cells). The leukemic cells do not function normally and, over time, crowd out the normal white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
Source: Government of British Columbia - Ministry of Health Services
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