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Key Statistics About Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is rare. This disease is very rare in young people; it occurs most often in older people. About 1 or 2 out of 100,000 people over the age of 60 develop CMML each year.
CMML occurs more often in men than in women.
Visit the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics Center for more key statistics.
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Padron E, Gurbuxani S. Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: Clinical features, evaluation, and diagnosis. UpToDate. 2024. Accessed at https://www.uptodate.com/contents/chronic-myelomonocytic-leukemia-clinical-features-evaluation-and-diagnosis on May 16, 2024.
Last Revised: May 21, 2024
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