Cytopenia

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Overview

Cancer patients frequently develop cytopenia, a disorder in which the production of one or more blood cell types ceases or is greatly reduced. Cancer and chemotherapy used to treat cancer, and sometimes radiation therapy, can cause cytopenia.


Types

A deficiency of red blood cells is called anemia; a deficiency of white blood cells, or leukocytes, leukopenia or neutropenia (neutrophils make up over half of all white blood cells); and deficiency of platelets, thrombocytopenia. ...Read the full article