A 12-year-old girl on the oncology unit at children's hospital tells the nurse that she has discovered that there are several different kinds of leukemia. The child asks the nurse to explain what makes them all "leukemia"
What should the nurse reply?
A) The different leukemias all have unregulated proliferation of white blood cells.
B) The different leukemias all have unregulated proliferation of red blood cells.
C) The different leukemias all have decrease in production of white blood cells.
D) The different leukemias all have decrease in production of red blood cells.
A
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