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total dependence during, 57 myeloid cells (bone marrow
Humphrey, G. Bennett, 5 cells), 11
myths, about causes, 23–24
identical twins, cancer in, 26
imatinib (Glivec), 47–48, 48 National Cancer Institute (NCI)
immunotherapy, 37, 49–50 most common diagnosed
infectious, cancer as, 24 cancers, in young people,
inherited mutations, 27–28, 32 13
intravenous (IV) lines, 39 myths about cancer, 23–24
treatment for childhood
Keene, Nancy, 23, 46 leukemia, 4–5
Kriebel, David, 7 treatment phases for ALL,
39–40
leukemias, 4–5, 10–12 natural gas radon, exposure
See also acute lymphoblastic to, 29
leukemia (ALL) neuroblastomas
life after cancer, 62–63 about, 19
lifestyle, as cause, 23 radiation therapy, 45
lymphatic system, 20 stem cell transplants as
lymphoblasts, 11 treatment, 43
lymphocytes (white blood symptoms, 18
cells), 11 non-Hodgkin lymphomas, 20
lymphomas nutritional causes, 23–24, 29
age and occurrence, 19–20
described, 10 oncogenes, 31–32
symptoms, 20–21 osteosarcoma
types, 20 annual number affected, 14
development of, 15
maintenance treatment phase, as percentage of childhood
40 and teen cancer, 14
melanoma, 15 treatment of, 46–47
metastasis, 16, 18–19
mitosis, 8–9, 10 Philadelphia chromosome
mutations, 27–29, 32 mutation
See also acquired mutations as cause of ALL, 33–34
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