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Leukemia
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About Leukemia
Name of the medical condition and other names that it’s been known by • Leukemia • Blood cancer • Bone marrow cancer What is Leukemia? Leukemia is a type of cancer affecting the blood and bone marrow, which is the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made. The bone marrow produces too many abnormal white blood cells in people with leukemia. These abnormal cells don't work properly and can't fight infections like healthy white blood cells do. As these abnormal cells build up, they cro
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