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Article: Living with leukemia; scientists are finding better ways to treat leukemia, and the chances of recovery keep improving.
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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It wasn't the flu-like symptoms that sent Neil Keller to the hospital one night in January 1995. It wasn't even the crippling back pain that left him virtually immobilized. It was the odd red stripe that Kathy Keller noticed running down the back of her husband's calf that prompted his sudden trip to the emergency room.
Following his evaluation, the physical education teacher from Frederick, Md., learned that the red stripe was a blood clot. He also learned that he had leukemia and needed immediate medical attention.
"I hastily left our two young children in the care of their grandparents because Neil was being transported quickly by ambulance to a ...