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> What is Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia (WM)?

> What does WM do in the body?

> What are the symptoms of WM?

> How is WM treated?

> Who gets WM?

 

(WM) is a rare and thus far incurable type of lymphoma, a cancer of the blood. It's a tongue-twister name for a disease identified by Jan Waldenström, a Swedish physician, in which an excessive amount of macroglobulins (large antibodies) build up in the blood.

 

 
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