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Leukaemia and other allied blood disorders
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (cll)
This mainly occurs in older adults (over forty years of age); it is not seen in children. It is often diagnosed by chance when a full blood count is done for another reason, e.g. routine screen. Patients may be anaemic (pale and easily tired), may have repeated, persistent infections and may have excessive bruising or bleeding. There may be enlargement of the lymph nodes, for example in the neck and/or spleen. Diagnosis is by full blood count usually followed by bone marrow examination and immunological characterisation of the leukaemic cells. Patients with early stage CLL do not require any treatment. Treatment for most patients, when it becomes necessary, is by chemotherapy, usually initially in tablet form as an outpatient.
Acute myeloid leukaemia (aml)
| Chronic myeloid leukaemia (cml) 
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