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How severe are the possibilities of leukemia caused by radiation ?

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

Specializes in Hematology

Not a high: Risk if you are talking on a percentage of all patients receiving therapeutic radiation, but secondary acute myeloid leukemia does occur and late (many years later) chronic myeloid leukemia can be seen after radiation exposure.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/12/2015

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