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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Fighting Leukemia
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November 10, 2009

Basketball legend, Mr. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, recently announced that he has been diagnosed with leukemia in order to fight public misconceptions about the disease. Excerpt: "Abdul-Jabbar learned last December that he has chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow in which the body produces cancerous white blood cells. Chronic describes a relatively slow-growing cancer that may take years to progress. Myeloid refers to the type of white blood cell being overproduced. “It’s been almost a year now since I’ve been diagnosed,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “My first reaction was to deal with it, make that fight for my life.”"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Fighting Leukemia

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