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I'm having symptoms of blood cancer - how to tell if it could be chronic myeloid leukemia (cml)?

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CBC: Get a blood count. Can be reviewed under the microscope. Then if felt to be abnormal, then the hematologist will obtain what is called BCR-ABL by FISH to confirm. Hope this helps.

Answered 5/12/2014

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