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By John Laszlo. 287 pp. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1995. $29.95. ISBN 0-8135-2186-6.

A remarkable triumph of modern medicine is the cure of most forms of childhood cancer. By the turn of the century, it is estimated that 1 in 900 persons between 21 and 45 years of age will be a survivor of childhood cancer. The defining event that initiated this awesome achievement was the cure of acute lymphocytic leukemia. The principles of treatment learned from research on childhood leukemia were then successfully applied to the treatment of other cancers.

Fifty years ago, acute lymphocytic leukemia in childhood was always fatal, but today over 75 percent of children with this disease are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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