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What kinds of cancers are associated with benzene?

The benzene-cancer connection

Benzene is linked with an increased risk of leukaemia, and some of the cancers associated with this chemical include acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), hairy cell leukemia (HCL), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

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8/7/2006 3:19:50 PM
catherine holt said:

my first husband worked with benzene and benzene compounds at a chemical firm he died at the age of 34 of multiple myloma . My second husband worked at the same firm and has been diagnosed with the same cancer

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