Word: leukemias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Terence Cooke, 62, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of New York; with acute myelomonoblastic leukemia; in New York City. Announcing the illness last week, a spokesman for the Cardinal said that he is not expected to live for more than a few months, but is not planning to resign or retire...
...brick Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on Manhattan's Upper East Side is an example of advanced medical technology. Every year more than 10,000 patients, ranging from infants with leukemia to statesmen with brain tumors, are admitted to this world-renowned research hospital, where they are analyzed, probed and treated by the most sophisticated high-tech equipment available. There are giant X-ray scanners, imaging devices and accelerators for beaming particles on diseased tissues, many operating under computer control...
...does not remember the explosion. But he remembers his anger when, a few years later, classmates began dying from radiation-induced leukemia. He has worked to put the bitter memory behind him. As a survivor of the nuclear fire, Tadashi receives free lifetime medical care, and he reports twice annually for a physical examination. Perhaps because one of the high hills of Nagasaki stood between him and the epicenter, his health is good...
...from AIDS victims to look for bits of viruses within their genetic codes. So far, however, this and other complex methods of detecting viruses have yielded nothing conclusive. Suspicion focuses on two viruses: one is a member of the herpes family called CMV; the other, called human T-cell leukemia virus, or HTLV, is linked to leukemia and lymphoma...
...cost. The price could run as much as $80 per shot when administered by a veterinarian, and two or three shots will be needed for full treatment. Norden Laboratories says the high costs are needed to pay for the nearly $2 million that has gone into research for the leukemia vaccine. Still, many people are likely to consider the treatment a bargain if the cat is a champion silver-mackerel tabby worth $2,500 or a $3,000 ruddy-coated Abyssinian. Or just a favorite alley...