Chronic myelogenous leukemia: A slow-growing cancer of the white blood cells where the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells which eventually invade various parts of the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chronic myelogenous leukemia is available below.
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Chronic myelogenous leukemia, or a subtype of Chronic myelogenous leukemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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