Facts About Leukemia

Leukemia is a cancer of the developing blood cells in the bone marrow. Leukemia leads to rampant overproduction of white blood cells (leukocytes), symptoms usually include anemia, fever, enlarged liver, spleen or lymph nodes.

The exact cause of leukemia is unknown, as with other cancers, smoking is considered a risk factor for leukemia, but many people who develop leukemia have never smoked, and many people who smoke never develop leukemia.

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