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Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. These cells crowd out the healthy blood cells, making it hard for blood to do its work.

There are different types of leukemia, including

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A histological slide of hairy cell leukemia
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  1. Leukemia (National Library of Medicine)  
    Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leukemia.html - Health Topics
  2. Acute Myeloid Leukemia (National Library of Medicine)  
    Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/acutemyeloidleukemia.html - Health Topics
  3. Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (National Library of Medicine)  
    Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/acutelymphocyticleukemia.html - Health Topics
  4. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (National Library of Medicine)  
    Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/chronicmyeloidleukemia.html - Health Topics
  5. Childhood Leukemia (National Library of Medicine)  
    Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. It is the most common type of childhood cancer. ... blood cells help your body fight infection. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childhoodleukemia.html - Health Topics
  6. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (National Library of Medicine)  
    Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/chroniclymphocyticleukemia.html - Health Topics
  7. Leukemia Interactive Tutorial (Patient Education Institute)  
    ... causes damage to the chromosomes leading to cancer. Leukemia Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. Normal ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/leukemia/htm/index.htm - Videos and Tutorials
  8. Acute myeloid leukemia 
    Acute myelogenous leukemia; AML; Acute granulocytic leukemia; Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL); Leukemia - acute myeloid (AML); Leukemia - acute granulocytic; Leukemia - nonlymphocytic (ANLL)
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000542.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) 
    ALL; Acute childhood leukemia; Cancer - acute childhood leukemia (ALL); Leukemia - acute childhood (ALL) ... Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) occurs when the the body produces a large number of immature white blood cells, called lymphocytes. The ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000541.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Leukemia - B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia and Hairy Cell Leukemia (American Society of Clinical Oncology)  
    ... to Ask the Doctor Patient Information Resources About leukemia Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells. ...
    www.cancer.net/cancer-types/leukemia-b-cell - External Health Links
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