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  1. Acute Leukemia: Difficult, Controversial, Automated Analysiss by Harold R. Schumacher, 1998-06
  2. The Leukemias: Epidemiologic Aspects (Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Vol. 6) by Martha S. Linet, 1985-01-03

141. CNN - Country Singer BoxCar Willie Dies Of Leukemia - April 13, 1999
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BRANSON, Missouri (CNN) BoxCar Willie, whose gentle country voice and songs of life on the road evoked memories of a time when hobos watched America pass by the doors of freight cars, died Monday of leukemia. He was 67. He died at home, a family spokeswoman said. Born Lecil Martin in Sterrett, Texas, in 1931, BoxCar Willie was the son of a railroad man who used to play his fiddle on the porch while his son sat in on guitar. By his teens he had graduated to playing in jamborees all over the state, but he gave up show business to enlist in the Air Force. He spent 22 years there, logging some 10,000 hours as a flier. After retiring from the service he returned to performing, and by the 1970s he had developed the singing hobo persona, complete with overalls, a battered old hat, worn suit jacket and two days' growth of beard. Although he never had a hit single, his albums sold well over the years and he built a loyal following that would later make him one of the most popular performers in Branson, where he operated a motel and train museum as well as his theater.

142. Leukemia, Treatment, Seattle, Washington, Services, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
leukemia patients will initially be seen by doctors from UWMC at SCCA for disease To learn about open clinical trials at Fred Hutchinson, click leukemia
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143. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Research Program, Congressionally Directed Medical
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144. CNN.com - Treating Childhood Leukemia - July 31, 2002
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Editor's note: CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers medical questions submitted by e-mail on "Your Health," which airs at 2:30 p.m. ET Saturdays. Questions and answers are posted on CNN.com after the show. Q: How common is childhood leukemia? A: Approximately 3,250 children in the United States are diagnosed with leukemia each year, according to the National Cancer Institute. The most common type is acute lymphoblastic leukemia – also known as ALL. Fortunately, this is one of the most treatable forms of childhood cancer. The treatment may consist of chemotherapy, various drugs, and in some cases, radiation or bone marrow transplant. Acute myelogenous leukemia, or AML, is less common and less treatable. It occurs in both children and adults and progresses rapidly. It also is treated with chemo. Bone marrow transplantation is much more likely with this type of leukemia. There is also CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia, which accounts for less than 5 percent of all childhood leukemia.

145. The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center At Johns Hopkins
All treatment for leukemia patients at the Kimmel Cancer Center is individualized. Several specialty leukemia clinics have been established as comprehensive
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146. Introduction: Leukemia - WrongDiagnosis.com
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147. Child Leukemia Survivors May Have New Problems Later
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148. Leukemia Cancer Links - Building Opportunities For Self-Sufficiency
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150. Leukemia
There are several types of leukemia, a cancer affecting blood cells. Each type of leukemia is studied and information about causes, symptoms, and treatment
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Recent Symptoms of Leukemia Leukemia is a disease that affects both children and adults. This article explores what the symptoms of leukemia are and basic information about the disease. What is Leukemia? Learn what leukemia is and how the disease forms. Leukemia is a cancer that affects both children and adults. Types of Leukemia Leukemia is a cancer that has many types. In this article, the different types of leukemia are explored and the characteristics of each are described. The Difference Bewtween Acute and Chronic Leukemia This article discusses the differences between chronic and acute leukemia. Chronic and acute leukemia are types of the disease and make a significant impact on prognosis.

151. CNN.com - Small Town Leukemia Cases A Mystery - Dec. 13, 2003
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Dustin Gross, 8, leaps on his home trampoline in Fallon, Nevada. He is now healthy after contracting leukemia when he was 3-years-old. Story Tools HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library Leukemia Cancer: You've got it, now what? YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Leukemia Cancer Diseases Health or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? FALLON, Nevada (AP) Maybe the first person to realize something terrible was happening to the children of Fallon was a nurse who gives chemotherapy at the community hospital. It was the summer of 2000, and Dr. James Hockenberry had recently diagnosed two cases of childhood leukemia. As it happened, his son Timothy, also a family practitioner, had seen another. These are the tragedies doctors encounter even in small towns, and neither man put them together. Then one day Tim Hockenberry was working in the emergency room, and the infusion nurse, Barbara de Braga, stopped to see him. "She came walking in and closed the door behind her," Hockenberry says. "I thought, 'Oh, gee. Now what.' She said, 'I'm concerned. I think we may have a cancer cluster going on.' I remember the blood drained out of my face and just thinking, 'Oh, my God."'

152. Healthy Foods Halt Leukemia In Small Children: Bananas, Oranges And Turmeric
Chemotherapy causes widespread DNA damage in leukemia patients; multiplies future risk Vitamin A produces astonishing leukemia cure rate, even without
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153. Leukemia - James P. Wilmot Cancer Center - Rochester, NY - Western, NY
leukemia is either acute or chronic. In acute leukemia, the abnormal blood cells are Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is the most common type of
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According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), each year, nearly 27,000 adults and more than 2,000 children in the United States learn that they have leukemia. Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. The blood is made up of fluid called plasma and three types of cells with respective functions, including:
  • White blood cells (also called WBCs or leukocytes) help the body fight infections and other diseases.

154. CNN.com - Study: No Link To Leukemia Cluster In Small Nevada Town - Feb. 7, 2003
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Federal officials found high amounts of tungsten and arsenic in most residents of Fallon, Nevada, but said the findings are still inconclusive. Story Tools FALLON, Nevada (AP) A federal study of a childhood leukemia cluster in this northern Nevada town found high levels of tungsten and arsenic in most residents but nothing to indicate that either caused any cancers. Based on the results, however, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked the National Institutes of Health to research possible links between tungsten and cancer, scientists said Thursday. "We've learned a lot. But we haven't found the cause of this leukemia cluster," said Dr. Carol Rubin, head of the CDC's research team. Rubin released the study results Thursday at a community meeting attended by about 300 people. Preliminary results, which echoed those announced Thursday, had been released in August. Since 1997, the leukemia in Fallon a farming community of 8,300 and home of the "Top Gun" Navy fighter pilot training base has sickened 13 children and killed three others.

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156. CNN.com - Musician Fights Leukemia, And Wins - Sep. 16, 2003
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157. Leukemia Cluster
Churchill County (Fallon) Childhood leukemia Update. Final Report of the Expert Panel on Childhood leukemia in Churchill County, Nevada 3.3.04
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The cluster of childhood leukemia cases was brought to the attention of Nevada public health officials in the late summer of 2000, when it was learned that five cases of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) had been diagnosed in Churchill County within a few months of each other. The Health Division immediately consulted with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on appropriate steps for an investigation. To date, fifteen children have been diagnosed with ALL and one with Acute Myelocytic Leukemia (AML), all of whom lived in Churchill County for varying lengths of time prior to diagnosis. Dr. Randall Todd, State Epidemiologist, noted that based on cases reported to the Nevada Central Cancer Registry, an average rate of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia is about 3 childhood cases per 100,000 children.

158. Leukemia Symptoms And Treatment Information. Learn About Chronic Myeloid Leukemi
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159. Leukemia
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Leukemia
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood and develops in the bone marrow, the body tissue that produces blood cells. The bone marrow is a jelly-like substance that fills the inside of the bones. The bone marrow makes three kinds of cells:
  • Red blood cells (erythrocytes): They give the blood its red color. These cells pick up oxygen and carry it to the tissues. They are also known as RBCs.
  • Platelets (thrombocytes): They help stop bleeding if there is injury.
  • White blood cells (leukocytes): They fight infections. They are also known as WBCs. Leukemia develops in these blood cells. In leukemia, certain white blood cells escape the normal control mechanisms that direct their maturing. Instead of aging so they are able to assume certain functions, they remain young and continue to multiply. This can happen to any of three main kinds of white blood cells:
  • Neutrophils, which eat bacteria
  • 160. CNN.com - Experimental Drug Fights Rare Leukemia - July 25, 2001
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    (CNN) - An experimental cancer therapy is showing promise against a rare form of leukemia, researchers reported Wednesday. Scientists at the National Cancer Institute have been conducting early trials on a drug called BL22 for the treatment of hairy cell leukemia. Their work is published in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Hairy cell leukemia causes the spleen to swell and prevents the bone marrow from producing enough infection-fighting white blood cells. About 1,000 new cases are reported each year in the United States. The standard treatment is chemotherapy, but not all patients respond. The NCI researchers administered the drug to 16 patients who had not been helped by chemotherapy. Eleven of them went into full remission doctors found no cancer cells or only very few cancer cells in their bodies. Two patients went into partial remission. RESOURCES Learn more about leukemia from the National Cancer Institute "We were totally amazed to see the results," said Dr. Ira Pastan, one of the study authors, "amazed and excited because this is a phase one trial where we started a very low dose and mainly looked for safety of the drug. But as we just increased a little bit we found patients who were beginning to respond and eventually a large fraction of the patients we treated responded."

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