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    Leukemia
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    LEUKEMIA looke me , cancerous disorder of the blood-forming...in 1887. See also cancer . Incidence and Cause Leukemia is seen in animals, such as cats, guinea pigs, and cattle...of cell growth and division in leukocytes. Types Leukemias are classified as either lymphocytic or myeloid, depending...
     
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    Methotrexate
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...drug used in halting the growth of actively proliferating tissues. Introduced in the 1950s, it is used in the treatment of leukemia , psoriasis , and non-Hodgkins lymphoma . By binding to an enzyme that controls the metabolism of folic acid, methotrexate...
     
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    Cytoxan
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...the drug cyclophosphamide, used to inhibit growth of tumors and rapidly proliferating cells. It is used in the treatment of leukemia, Hodgkins disease, and lymphosarcoma and other solid tumors. A drug of great specificity, Cytoxan is activated in the body...
     
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    Bone Marrow
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...spleen. Diseases of the marrow, such as leukemia or multiple myeloma, or injury to it...may be used to aid in the diagnosis of leukemia, anemia, and other blood disorders, as...transplants are most frequently undergone for leukemia, severe forms of anemia, and disorders...
     
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    Hitchings, George Herbert
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...Burroughs Wellcome Laboratories (1942 75), where he and fellow researcher Gertrude B. Elion developed drug treatments for leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, viral herpes, urinary and respiratory tract infections, and AIDS. In 1988 the pair shared the...
     

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