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Every 3 minutes, one person in the United States (U.S.) is diagnosed with blood cancer, as estimated by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). A total number of 176,200 people are expected to be diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma in 2019. Out of which, 61,780 people are expected to be diagnosed with leukaemia. Hairy cell leukaemia Symptoms and Classification Hairy cell leukaemia abbreviated as HCL is a rare form of progressive leukaemia which accounts for one to two per cent of all cases of adult leukaemia. HCL results in an uncontrolled number of B-cells or lymphocytes in the bone marrow. The leukaemia is called so due to the ‘hairy’ appearance o...