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44 years later, is there a cure?


If she were diagnosed today, have the treatments developed in the past almost half-century to the point where she'd live?




I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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No cure.

But there are now numerous therapies that can help sufferers cope and sometimes go into remission.

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So you're asking if there's a cure for cancer yet? Seriously?

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She could have had chemo and lived longer. The way the doc never said leukemia was so STUPID. Was Oliver supposed to guess at what was wrong?

some leukemia can be cured. Hers was very aggressive in the book. Chemo back then was brutal like today.

But her asking to go to the hospital was just weird. Not do I ng any treatment immediately allowed it to progress.
just very odd doctoring.

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We don't even know specifically what she had. It's a work of fiction. Who cares.

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If she were diagnosed today, have the treatments developed in the past almost half-century to the point where she'd live?


It depends.

Adam Darski, frontman/guitarist for the Polish metal band Behemoth, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia in 2010. Along with chemo and radiation, he received a bone marrow transplant. He's still alive -- performing, and recording music again.

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RIP Lemmy Kilmister: "Born to lose, lived to win."

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