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What Is Leukemia?

What Is Leukemia?

December 15, 2021
Adam Boruchov, MD
Adam Boruchov, MD

Oncology

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Patients often ask, what is leukemia?

 

Leukemia is a cancer of blood or bone marrow cells. Leukemia usually starts in the bone marrow, which is the factory for blood cells. Leukemia cells continue to grow in the bone marrow, but often then circulate in the blood.

 

Key Takeaways

1. Leukemia is a cancer of blood or bone marrow cells.

2. Leukemia usually starts in the bone marrow, which is the factory for blood cells.

3. Leukemia cells continue to grow in the bone marrow, but often then circulate in the blood.

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