Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: A rare form of malignant bone marrow cancer involving the proliferation of immature precursors of certain blood cells - myelocytes and monocytes. The proliferation is slower than in acute forms of the disease. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia is available below.
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Chronic myelomonocytic 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 myelomonocytic leukemia, or a subtype of Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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