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Research: Blood cancer is most prevalent at 42

KESHO founder Prof Nicholas Othieno-Abinya addresses the press during Kenya International Cancer Conference in Kisumu on November 24,2016. Forty thousand cases of cancer is detected in Kenya every year.(Photo: Denish Ochieng/ standard)

A form of cancer of the blood has been found to occur earlier in Kenyans compared to estimates from developed countries.

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) occurs at the age of 42 in victims in Kenya compared to the West where most patients are about 67 years old.

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