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- noun Plural form of
leukemia .
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Examples
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Job losses have led some people to stop taking Gleevec, a $4,500-a-month drug by Novartis AG that keeps certain leukemias and stomach cancers in remission.
Provenge, Cancer Drug, Costs $93,000: Sky High Drug Prices Impact Life-Or-Death Decisions AP 2010
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Carolyn A. Felix, MD has clinical and laboratory interests in leukemias in infants and leukemias caused by chemotherapy.
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Job losses have led some people to stop taking Gleevec, a $4,500-a-month drug by Novartis AG that keeps certain leukemias and stomach cancers in remission.
Provenge, Cancer Drug, Costs $93,000: Sky High Drug Prices Impact Life-Or-Death Decisions AP 2010
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TH-302 in patients with advanced leukemias, which is also taking place at MD Anderson.
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Unfortunately, Daley says, stem cell therapy is effective for only a few blood disorders, such as leukemias and thalassemia.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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However, the authors of this study show that, even after one year, there was no indication of tumor formation, such as leukemias, when the expanded stem cells were transplanted back into mice.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010
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Unfortunately, Daley says, stem cell therapy is effective for only a few blood disorders, such as leukemias and thalassemia.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Acute leukemias -- Cancers of the blood which tend to progress rapidly
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome 2009
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Allogeneic transplants with HLA-matched sibling donors for patients with leukemias, hematologic disorders, blood and marrow failure states, metabolic diseases and immunodeficiencies.
Our Approach to BMT 2010
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"We're going to find out how well these principles apply to tumors other than leukemias," he said.
Gene Treatment Offers Hope in Leukemia Cases Ron Winslow 2011
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