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Leukemia SPOREs
Despite the fact that major advances in diagnosis and treatment were achieved
in the last 50 years, especially in childhood leukemia, this group of
diseases remains to be a serious medical problem. According to the American
Cancer Society, 35,070 new cases are expected in the United States in
2006 approximately evenly divided between acute and chronic types. An
estimated 22,280 people will die of leukemia in the same year. An interesting
decline of incidence and deaths was observed after the mid-1990s with
a rate of 3-4% per year. The first round of applications in Leukemia SPOREs
took place in the year 2002, with the subsequent establishment of the
first Leukemia SPORE in 2003. This SPORE was named in honor of the late
congressman Joe Moakley.
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