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Risks for leukemia

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Some things can affect your risk, or chance, of developing cancer. Certain behaviours, substances or conditions can increase or decrease the risk. Most cancers are the result of many risks. But sometimes cancer develops in people who don't have any risks.

Different types of leukemia may have different risks, and some may be the same. Find out more about risks for acute leukemia and risks for chronic leukemia.

Expert review and references

  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). IARC Monographs on the Idenification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans Volume 100D: Radiation: A Review of Human Carcinogens. 2011.
  • Linet MS, Morton LM, Devesa SS, Dores GM. Leukemias. Thun MJ, Linet MS, Cerhan JR, Haiman CA, Schottenfeld D, eds.. Schottenfeld and Fraumeni Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. 4th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2018: Kindle version, [chapter 38] https://read.amazon.ca/?asin=B0777JYQQC&language=en-CA.
  • National Toxicology Program. Report on Carcinogens. 15 ed. Research Triangle Park, NC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service; 2021. https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/assessments/cancer/roc/index.html.

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