It is kind of ironic on the timing of this article for me. About five years ago, my uncle was diagnosed with chronic leukemia at stage 0. With lots of prayers over the years, and close monitoring by blood testing, it stayed at stage 0... until a week ago. He had his test, and his white cell count had doubled, spleen and lymph nodes enlarged. With the type of leukemia he has, 10%-12% have the risk of developing Rickter's Formation, which is a very aggressive lymphoma. Luckily, the removed lymph nodes tested negative for the formation. Even though he will have to undergo chemotherapy, it will be a fairly light treatment compared to normal chemo treatments.
The leukemia treatment in this article is still new medical science and technology, but it could still be a huge advancement in the near future. A single shot, "made the most common type of leukemia completely disappear in two of the patients and reduced it by 70 percent in the third. In each of the patients as much as five pounds of cancerous tissue completely melted away in a few weeks, and a year later it is still gone."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44090512/ns/health-cancer/t/new-leukemia-treatment-exceeds-wildest-expectations/?fb_ref=.TnFBwqBfcst.like&fb_source=home_oneline#.TnFCBBx55pK
Click on the above link to read the article
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