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Article: New drugs, new alternatives: understanding leukemia. (includes related article on bone marrow transplants)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- September 1, 1992
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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That was in 1983. Today, Christiansen is a successful independent film and video producer who swims, water skis, and goes wilderness camping with his children. He takes no medication and sees his doctor only for routine follow-up. He is cured.
Otteau Christiansen is one of the lucky ones. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Leukemia Society of America, about 28,000 Americans will be diagnosed with leukemia in 1992. Fewer than 35 percent of them are likely to be alive in five years.
Survival is strongly linked to age at diagnosis. Physicians are now claiming cure rates of up to 80 percent for some types of childhood leukemia. Adults ...