The finding of leukemic cells in the newborn blood of infants who developed acute leukemia in the first few years of life suggests that some leukemias are present in utero.
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Rowley, J. Backtracking leukemia to birth. Nat Med 4, 150–151 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0298-150
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