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Battling the hematological malignancies: the 200 years' war.
The oncologist - 1 Feb 2008
Lichtman Marshall A
Abstract excerpt
The delineation of the hematological malignancies began near the end of the first third of the 19th century with the recognition of the similarity among cases with lymph node tumors and an enlarged spleen (Hodgkin's disease). Descriptions of chronic and acute leukemia and myeloma followed thereafter. In the first years of the 20th century the discovery of x-radiation permitted palliative orthovoltage radiation...
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