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===Definition=== | ===Definition=== | ||
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This is a cancer of [[myeloblasts]]. | |||
This is '''not''' the same as [[myeloma]]. Confusingly, that is a cancer of [[plasma cells]] which, even more confusingly, are part of lymphoid line of cells. It actually has little to do with all the myeloblastic cells. The picture hopefully explains it more fully. | |||
===Epidemiology=== | ===Epidemiology=== | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 11 November 2009
Definition
This is a cancer of myeloblasts.
This is not the same as myeloma. Confusingly, that is a cancer of plasma cells which, even more confusingly, are part of lymphoid line of cells. It actually has little to do with all the myeloblastic cells. The picture hopefully explains it more fully.
Epidemiology
