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Leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma are blood-related cancers.
Leukemia occurs when bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. The various types of leukemia are grouped by the type of white blood cell (lymphoid or myeloid) affected and the rapidity of the cancer’s growth. Chronic leukemias progress more slowly than acute leukemias.
Multiple myeloma is cancer that begins in plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies, an important part of the immune system.
There are two basic categories of lymphomas. One kind is Hodgkin lymphoma, which is marked by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed-Sternberg cell. The other category is non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which includes a large, diverse group of cancers of immune system cells.
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