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What is chronic myelogenous leukemia?
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A blood cancer: CML is a blood cancer that develops slowly (hence chronic). If untreated it will eventually be life threatening. It is associated a unique chromosomal injury, the philadelphia chromosome. New drugs (tkis) target this damage and reliably produce remissions in early stage patients that often are long lasting.
Answered 5/4/2023
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See below...: Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a type of leukemia, which is a type of blood cancer. Like other chronic leukemias, CML is not particularly aggressive and can be successfully treated in most patients.
Answered 6/10/2014
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