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  2. Acute radiation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    This may result in infections, due to a low number of white blood cells, bleeding, due to a lack of platelets, and anemia, due to too few red blood cells in circulation. [3] These changes can be detected by blood tests after receiving a whole-body acute dose as low as 0.25 grays (25 rad ), though they might never be felt by the patient if the ...

  3. Plasma cell leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a plasma cell dyscrasia, i.e. a disease involving the malignant degeneration of a subtype of white blood cells called plasma cells.It is the terminal stage and most aggressive form of these dyscrasias, constituting 2% to 4% of all cases of plasma cell malignancies.

  4. Myelodysplastic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Blood tests to eliminate other common causes of cytopenias such as lupus, hepatitis, B 12, folate, or other vitamin deficiencies, kidney failure or heart failure, HIV, hemolytic anemia, monoclonal gammopathy: Age-appropriate cancer screening should be considered for all anemic patients.

  5. Leukemia - Wikipedia

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    This represents about 3% of the almost seven million deaths due to cancer that year, and about 0.35% of all deaths from any cause. [79] Of the sixteen separate sites the body compared, leukemia was the 12th most common class of neoplastic disease and the 11th most common cause of cancer-related death. [79]

  6. A quick, cheap test could protect against fatal chemo ... - AOL

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    The chemotherapy drug 5-FU can be toxic to some people with cancer. A quick, cheap test can show if chemo is safe for a patient, but few doctors order it. ... a brand name for the anti-blood ...

  7. Acute myeloid leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Velpeau noted the blood of this person had a consistency "like gruel", and speculated the appearance of the blood was due to white corpuscles. [92] In 1845, a series of people who died with enlarged spleens and changes in the "colors and consistencies of their blood" was reported by the Edinburgh -based pathologist J.H. Bennett; he used the ...

  8. Inside Shannen Doherty's Cancer Battle: An 8-Year Timeline of ...

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    Shannen Doherty is sharing some heartbreaking news. The Beverly Hills, 90210 star says her cancer has spread to her bones, but she vows to keep fighting.In an interview with People, the 52-year ...

  9. 50 Real-Life Insurance Horror Stories That Might Leave You ...

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    Image credits: Misschiff0 #8. 2008 went into hospital for ruptured intestine due to crohns. Airlifted to Mayo clinic high on fentanyl for the pain. Spent a month in hospital, came out with no ...