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Month: August, 2008

What is Leukemia?

9 August, 2008 (12:26) | Causes, Clinical trial, General Info, Information, Issues and Controversies, Management and Treatment, News and Updates, Side effects, Support | By: Lightning

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The term leukemia refers to cancers of the white blood cells, which are also referred to as leukocytes or WBCs. When a child has leukemia, large numbers of abnormal white blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. These abnormal white cells crowd the bone marrow and flood the bloodstream, but they cannot [...]