<p>Cancer of the blood is called Leukemia. <a id="_GPLITA_2" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance" href="#">Types of leukemia</a> are named after the specific blood cell that becomes cancerous. There are 4 main types of leukemia in adults:
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	<li><a href="http://www.cancer.net/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=5533ea97a56d9010VgnVCM100000f2730ad1RCRD"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)</span></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.cancer.net/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1963ea97a56d9010VgnVCM100000f2730ad1RCRD"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)</span></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.cancer.net/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e143ea97a56d9010VgnVCM100000f2730ad1RCRD"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)</span></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.cancer.net/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a673ea97a56d9010VgnVCM100000f2730ad1RCRD"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)</span></span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span>There are other, less common types of leukemia but they are generally subcategories of one of the four main categories. According<span id="dtx-highlighting-item"> to </span>the National Cancer Institute, more than 40,800 adults and 4,500 Americans are diagnosed with this disease each year.</span></span></span>

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