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Symptoms
CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia) is usually discovered during a physical exam or routine blood test and close to 50% of patients found to be in the chronic phase have no symptoms at all (asymptomatic).
Those who do have “symptoms” may have one or more of the following:
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Fatigue that lingers and/or doesn’t go away
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Shortness of breath
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Weight loss
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Unexplained bruising
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Night sweats
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Pale complexion due to anemia
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Tightness in the abdomen, abdominal pain or mass
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Enlarged spleen (50% of cases) or liver (15% of cases)
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