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What are the causative factors in white cell neoplasia, explain it to me please!?
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Leukemias/Lymphomas: The causes of these proliferative disorders are legion, but the common denominator is that certain environmental causes, including toxins, viruses, and other infectious agents, and genetic predisposition, combine to establish a mileau where white cells - granulocytes and lymphocytes - proliferate in the blood - leukemias - or the lymph nodes - lymphomas. Today, there are numerous treatments....
Answered 6/19/2017
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Usually none: The vast majority of leukemias and lymphomas arise in people with no identifiable risk factors. In people with transplants, the epstein-barr virus is often a factor; herpes 7 / kaposi's virus drives others, and helicobacter in the stomach even drives a few. Down's trisomy 21 and ataxia-telangiectasia carrier status are risks; old radiation and some chemo cause some leukemias. The rest? Luck.
Answered 6/19/2017
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