How do I know the stage of my hairy cell leukemia?

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How quickly does hairy cell leukemia progress?

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It is one of the slow growing chronic leukemias.

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So it usually grows at a very slow pace over years.

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So you may present

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initially with

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some minimal change in your counts,

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minimal decrease in your hemoglobin minimal decrease in your platelets.

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And it may take years before

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these numbers get to the point where you will need treatment.