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Childhood leukemia
Childhood leukemia, also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), is a type of blood cancer in children where the rapid overgrowth of the immune cells of the blood leads to a weakened immune system, bone pain, weight loss, fatigue from anemia, and easy bruising and bleeding.
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for childhood acute leukemia, is there any food that she can take or not?
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Successful treatment of a child with T/myeloid acute bilineal leukemia associated with TLX3/BCL11B fusion and 9q deletion?
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Can someone who had leukemia as a child relapse 10 years later as an adult?
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Can children get hairy cell leukemia?
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