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If you have any type of cancer other than blood cancer would a cbc show anything?
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May/may not: In most cases of Cancer, blood counts remain unaffected and can be entirely normal until Cancer is far advanced and incurable. At that stage some degree of Anemia may develop but a CBC rarely helps to make a diagnosis of Cancer unless it is blood cancer.
Answered 11/5/2016
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Yes.: Anemia of chronic disease or iron deficiency anemia can happen along with white cell changes.
Answered 11/6/2016
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