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Half A Century Later: Oklahoma Teen Beats Leukemia Following Experimental Trial

October 9, 2020

An Oklahoma teenager battling cancer was given just weeks to live – that was more than 50 years ago.

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50 years after terminal diagnosis, Greg Kindell is still here

November 8, 2018

In 1968, doctors told Greg Kindell that he had acute myeloid leukemia and he had just six weeks to live. Now he’s been cancer-free for 50 years.

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Children’s Diseases

Kids aren’t just small adults. Their needs are unique, and diseases can affect them differently.

Cancer

For many cancers, the odds of survival now are better than ever and going up.

Sun, Xiao-Hong

Kincade, Paul W.

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