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When plasma cells become cancerous, they may accumulate in the marrow and damage or weaken bone and cause pain. Cancerous plasma cells also produce faulty antibodies, which make it hard for the body to fight infections.
Learn more about multiple myeloma, how to identify symptoms , how it's staged and how it's treated. Leukemia: This cancer of the blood cells usually starts in bone marrow and travels through the bloodstream. In leukemia , the bone marrow produces mutated cells and spreads them into the blood, where they grow and crowd out healthy blood cells.
Leukemia comes in many forms, but the key diagnosis is determined by whether the disease is acute or chronic. Acute leukemias are fast-growing and may require aggressive treatments.
Lymphomas: These diseases affect the cells in the lymphatic system. In lymphomas , immune cells called lymphocytes grow out of control and collect in lymph nodes , the spleen, in other lymph tissues or in neighboring organs. There are dozens of types of lymphoma, but the disease is largely categorized as Hodgkin lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Immunotherapy may be used to treat some cases of Hodgkin lymphoma. Other lymphoma treatments include chemotherapy and surgery to remove affected lymph nodes.
Patients with blood cancers often have symptoms common to all three forms of the disease: weakness and fatigue, bone pain, infections, fevers and weight loss. And some leukemias and lymphomas are so similar, they may be considered the same disease, but are named depending on whether they are found in the blood or in the lymph system.
Each category of blood cancer can be divided into subcategories depending on how the cancer develops and the type of cells affected. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia CLL is the most common form of leukemia diagnosed in adults. Multiple myeloma is the most common form of plasma cell tumor. CLL is the most common type of leukemia in adults in Western countries. Chronic leukemias tend to develop slowly.
Lymphocytic leukemias develop in a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes. CLL develops in a specific type of lymphocyte in your bone marrow called B cells.
As CLL progresses, your body makes more leukemic B cells that crowd out healthy blood cells. Having fewer healthy white blood cells weakens your immune system and makes you more prone to infections. Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that develops in plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that develop from B cells in response to an infection. They play an important role in your immune system due to their ability to produce antibodies, which are proteins that help your immune system recognize foreign invaders.
In people with multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells replicate abnormally and crowd out healthy blood cells. The ACS estimates that 34, Americans will be diagnosed with multiple myeloma in CLL and multiple myeloma develop in your bone marrow. Both conditions cause a buildup of abnormal B cells that crowd out healthy blood cells.
CLL develops in B cells in your bone marrow. Multiple myeloma develops in plasma cells, which are B cells that become activated in response to an infection. Cancerous plasma cells produce a type of protein called M protein. Although both conditions cause many of the same symptoms, high levels of calcium and M proteins in multiple myeloma can cause unique symptoms such as vision problems, kidney failure , and confusion.
A study found evidence of a shared genetic correlation between multiple myeloma and CLL. The researchers found 10 gene locations that increase your risk of developing both diseases.
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