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What kind of disease is leukemia? is it a non-communicable disease?
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Its a Blood Cancer: It is not communicable. It begins in the bone marrow and mostly affects White blood cells(WBC). There are 4 different types of Leukemia which are often classified as Acute or Chronic.
Answered 1/30/2017
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