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Top Stories Show your Valentine you have heart - make a donation to LLS in Honor of your sweetheart and support life-saving cancer research. LLS Blog: Love, Leukemia and Light The Night Read and post your comments My Clinical Trials Journey ... [... more]
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Patient Financial Aid
Specific approved drugs related to the treatment/control of leukemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma. Processing, typing, screening and cross-matching of blood components for transfusions; infusion of marrow, cord blood or stem ... [... more]
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What is a blood test?
How do leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma affect the blood count? Blood tests help a physician to diagnose and manage a disease. In addition to examining blood cells, there are many chemicals in the blood that give important information about the ... [... more]
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Myeloproliferative Disorders
All blood cells start out as hemopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells with the potential to become red cells, white cells, or platelets. Myeloproliferative disorders begin with a change to the DNA of a single stem cell in the marrow, where blood ... [... more]
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¿Qué es un análisis de sangre?
Los análisis de sangre le ayudan al médico a diagnosticar y controlar una enfermedad. Además de examinar a las células sanguíneas, diversas sustancias químicas en la sangre ofrecen información importante [... more]
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January February March April May June July August September October November December 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 LLS Launches TrialCheck to Connect Patients to Cancer Clinical Trials LLS Honors Five ... [... more]
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Blood Transfusion
This booklet provides information about blood transfusion for patients with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma (blood cancers) and their families. We welcome your comments on the booklet. Each year, more than15 million units of whole blood are ... [... more]
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Erin Zammett Ruddy, an editor at Glamour and CML survivor, invites you to visit her "Life With Cancer" Homepage. About 4,830 people in the United States will learn they have chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in 2008. About 21,749 people in the [... more]
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Introduction
FS-17 - Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) and Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) No. 17 in a series providing the latest information for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and ... [... more]
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - New Approaches to Treatment
Several areas of research have resulted in new approaches to the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. In the last decade, several very important new drugs and new uses for existing drugs have greatly improved cure rates or remission ... [... more]
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
About 13,290 Americans are expected to be diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in 2008. The chance of getting AML increases with age. However, children and adults of any age can develop AML. About one in five children with leukemia has ... [... more]
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Introduction
The above quote, from a man with Hodgkin lymphoma, illustrates that few experiences are as devastating as learning that you or someone you love has a life-threatening illness. It is difficult not to focus on dying. It's not unusual to think about ... [... more]
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