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Q&As on this topic

1. Since I have started chemotherapy for leukaemia I have become diabetic. Will I stay like this for ever?

last reviewed: 10.09.2007

2. Why do I need to take allopurinol when I start my chemotherapy for leukaemia?

last reviewed: 21.08.2007

3. I have been told I should have chemotherapy as a precaution after surgery. But a friend has read that chemotherapy can cause leukaemia. Is this true?

last reviewed: 02.01.2005

4. I've been told I have neutropenia. What is a normal neutrophil count?

last reviewed: 12.09.2007

5. I am having chemotherapy for acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL) and have started to have heavy vaginal bleeding. Why is this? What can be done to stop it?

last reviewed: 01.04.2005

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