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Doctors are still not sure what causes leukemia, but several factors are suspected: radiation, chemicals, viruses and genetic factors many be involved in the development of leukemia.

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Chemotherapy used to treat some types of cancers, are linked to development of leukemia later on.

Radiation treatment certain chemotherapy drugs can increase risk of leukemia.

Having human T-cell leukemia virus 1 is linked to developing human T-cell leukemia.

Myelodysplastic syndromes, a group of blood disorders, might cause acute myelocytic leukemia.

Down syndrome and other genetic disorders might cause diseases that increase the risk for leukemia.

Having a parent, brother, sister, or baby who has chronic lymphocytic leukemia increases the risk of having leukemia by as much as four times of someone who isn't related to someone with leukemai.

Leukemia is caused by CSCs or cancerours stem cells. Stem cell research is still in progress but there are many ways for treatment.

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//Quiz Question: What are several suspected factors of the cause of Leukemia?//