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  2. Leukemia - Wikipedia

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    This means people with leukemia may easily become bruised, bleed excessively, or develop pinprick bleeds . [36] White blood cells, which are involved in fighting pathogens, may be suppressed or dysfunctional. This could cause the person's immune system to be unable to fight off a simple infection or to start attacking other body cells.

  3. Childhood leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Childhood leukemia is leukemia that occurs in a child and is a type of childhood cancer.Childhood leukemia is the most common childhood cancer, accounting for 29% of cancers in children aged 0–14 in 2018. [1]

  4. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Acute lymphoblastic leukemia affected about 876,000 people globally in 2015 and resulted in about 111,000 deaths. [14] [10] It occurs most commonly in children, particularly those between the ages of two and five. [15] [4] In the United States it is the most common cause of cancer and death from cancer among children. [2]

  5. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. [8] [9] In CLL, the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes, which are a type of white blood cell.

  6. Chronic myelogenous leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells.It is a form of leukemia characterized by the increased and unregulated growth of myeloid cells in the bone marrow and the accumulation of these cells in the blood.

  7. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Wikipedia

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    T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is a type of acute lymphoblastic leukemia characterized by an aggressive malignant neoplasm of the bone marrow. [6] Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a condition, wherein immature white blood cells accumulate in the bone marrow and crowd out normal white blood cells. [ 7 ]