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The causation of childhood leukemia: a paradox of progress?

Discovery medicine - 1 Feb 2006

Greaves Mel

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Treatments, mostly combination chemotherapies, have been remarkably effective in managing many childhood leukemia cases. However, childhood leukemia is a heterogeneous (mixed) disease originating from different cell lineages and with distinct mechanisms. Authors described hypotheses of "population mixing" and "delayed infection" as causes of childhood leukemia.

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