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Does a High White Blood Cell Count Mean Cancer?
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Content: The actual increased risks ranged from 15% to 63% - quite small, compared with the risk linked with smoking, for instance. However, a WBC count over 7,000/mm3, if it's persistent and without a known cause, means the patient should be watched (and maybe tested) for signs of early cancer. Related Article
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Considering there is a margin of error in WBC -- the presence of an appreciable increase in WBC in typically indicative of an immune system response that could be caused by many different factors, such as stress, infection, etc.