Chronic leukemia
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chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia
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leukemia in which the involved cell is well differentiated, usually B-lymphocytes, but immunologically incompetent; types distinguished include chronic granulocytic, chronic lymphocytic, chronic myelomonocytic, eosinophilic and hairy cell leukemia.
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- chronic Leukemia is clinically and pathologically split in to its acute and chronic forms.
- Death from chronic leukemia is usually from infection.
- The overall five-year survival rate for all patients with acute and chronic leukemia is 44 percent.
- Chronic leukemia is generally treated with less intense treatments.
- Thus, chronic leukemia is also usually accompanied by a decrease in red blood cells and platelets, leading to anemia and bruising.
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