What Is Leukemia? What Causes Leukemia?

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What Is Leukemia? What Causes Leukemia?

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The word Leukemia comes from the Greek leukos which means white and aima which means blood. It is cancer of the blood or bone marrow (which produces blood cells). A perso

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