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| Detailed Guide: Leukemia - Adult Chronic |
Can Chronic Leukemia Be Prevented? |
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Although many types of cancer can be prevented by lifestyle changes to avoid
certain risk factors, there is currently no known way to prevent most cases of
leukemia. Since most leukemia patients have no known risk factors,
at the present time there is no way to prevent their leukemias from developing.
Smoking is by far the most significant avoidable risk factor. Of course,
nonsmokers are also much less likely than smokers to develop many other cancers,
heart disease, stroke, and several other diseases.
Most experts agree that occupational and environmental
exposure to radiation or chemicals are responsible for only a small number of
leukemia cases, and are more relevant to acute leukemia than chronic leukemia.
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