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leukaemia (esp US), leukemia an acute or chronic disease characterized by a gross proliferation of leucocytes, which crowd into the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, etc., and suppress the blood-forming apparatus |
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| STI-571 targets a mutant protein in a cancer-causing gene specific to chronic myelogenous leukemia, a cancer of the blood that strikes more than 4,300 Americans each year. We are very pleased to announce this latest benchmark in our development of a promising new compound to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia, a serious cancer of the blood for which new treatments are desperately needed," said Dr. The support, friendship and understanding from fellow cancer survivors was critical to her recovery, she said as she lunched with Burnside, who was diagnosed with cancer of the blood nine years ago. |
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