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What blood cancer is actually?
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See below: Blood cancer is the common/lay term for leukemia. There are many different types of leukemias and the types vary between children and adults. Leukemias in children are more curable. Leukemias usually affect white blood cells but can affect red cells and platelets also. See this site for more info. http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/leukemia-topic-overview.
Answered 12/29/2013
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