This program shows and explains how this cancer spreads through the body. It distinguishes between acute and chronic leukemia; covers the history of leukemia treatments from chemotherapy through the combination of chemotherapy and radiation, to bone marrow transplants and a host of new devices and techniques for diagnosing and treating the illness; explains that more than half of today’s young leukemia patients will be cured; and shows how a patient copes with chronic leukemia. (19 minutes)

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