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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The most potent risk factor in the development of chronic myelogenous leukemia is [[ionizing radiation]]; for example, increased rates of CML were seen in people exposed to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Other risk factors include [[formaldehyde]], [[obesity]], and [[smoking]].<ref name="pmid3477299">{{cite journal| author=Moloney WC| title=Radiogenic leukemia revisited. | journal=Blood | year= 1987 | volume= 70 | issue= 4 | pages= 905-8 | pmid=3477299 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3477299 }} </ref><ref name="cancer.ca">Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia-chronic-myelogenous-cml/staging/?region=ab</ref> | The most potent risk factor in the development of chronic myelogenous leukemia is [[ionizing radiation]]; for example, increased rates of CML were seen in people exposed to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Other risk factors include [[formaldehyde]], [[obesity]], and [[smoking]].<ref name="pmid3477299">{{cite journal| author=Moloney WC| title=Radiogenic leukemia revisited. | journal=Blood | year= 1987 | volume= 70 | issue= 4 | pages= 905-8 | pmid=3477299 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3477299 }} </ref><ref name="cancer.ca">Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia-chronic-myelogenous-cml/staging/?region=ab</ref> | ||
==Common Risk Factors== | ==Common Risk Factors== | ||
*[[Ionizing radiation]] | *[[Ionizing radiation]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamad Alkateb, MBBCh [2]
Overview
The most potent risk factor in the development of chronic myelogenous leukemia is ionizing radiation; for example, increased rates of CML were seen in people exposed to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Other risk factors include formaldehyde, obesity, and smoking.[1][2]
Common Risk Factors
Less common Risk Factors
References
- ↑ Moloney WC (1987). "Radiogenic leukemia revisited". Blood. 70 (4): 905–8. PMID 3477299.
- ↑ Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia-chronic-myelogenous-cml/staging/?region=ab