CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 31, 172-176, Copyright
© 1981 by American Cancer Society
Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia Developing as a Second Cancer in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Ali Khojasteh M.D.1,
Michael C. Perry M.D.2, and
Henry M. Taylor M.D.3
1 Instructor in the Division of Hematology-Medical Oncology at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia, Missouri.
2 Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology-Medical Oncology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri.
3 Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri.
Chronic myelocytic leukemia developed as a second cancer in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Possible causes for the development of a myeloproliferative disorder in a patient with a pre-existing lymphoproliferative disorder are discussed.