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Royal Preston Hospital, London, UK. Pocket-sized text presenting the basics of these diseases, treatment, and the likely outcome. Intended for the non-specialist physician, medical student, and patients and their families. Includes a comprehensive glossary and an international listing of patient support groups. Color illustrations. Trim size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Softcover. … More >>

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There are countless academic books on the subject of childhood leukemia. The idea behind this book, however, is very different. Here, we look at the extraordinary story of childhood leukemia from very distinct and unique perspectives: a distinguished physician who has lived through the transition of the disease from despair to success (and who played a key role in the latter); a distinguished laboratory scientist who has helped breach the barrenness of biological ignorance of the disease to reveal its nature; a patient who has been confronted with the tough realities of the illness and has been cured; and parents who have been given the worst possible news — that their child is diagnosed with leukemia… More >>