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Leukemia: Targeting a Killer
Boca Raton, FL - Leukemia -- cancer of the bone marrow and blood - comes in different forms, depending upon the cells that are affected. There are thousands of patients living with Leukemia in the U.S. today. A generation ago, this disease was uniformly fatal, but since 1960, the survival rate has tripled thanks to advances from medical research.
Medical research has identified several ways to combat the illness: chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation and bone marrow transplants. New pharmaceutical research has developed new drugs that are used in what is called targeted therapies - drugs geared to more selectively kill cancer cells resulting in fewer side effects. One such drug has been successful in treating patients over 60 years of age with relapsed Leukemia. Another is being developed to help chronic myelogenous Leukemia patients.
LEUKEMIA: Targeting a Killer, an informative, 30-minute TV special, premieres on The Health Network on Monday, March 5 at 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. ET. The show will repeat on Wednesday, March 14 and Friday, March 23 at 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. ET, and will repeat several additional times this year.
LEUKEMIA: Targeting a Killer is produced by Information Television Network (ITV) as part of the award-winning series, The Cutting Edge Medical Report, and is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant by Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories.
The program is co-hosted by Eric Sievers, M.D., and Fred Applebaum, M.D., Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle; Marshall A. Lichtman, M.D., Executive Vice President, Research & Medical Programs, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, White Plains, NY; and Richard Stone, M.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.
The Cutting Edge Medical Report airs on The Health Network Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00 PM and 1:00 AM Eastern Time, 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM Central Time, 8:00 and 11:00 PM Mountain Time, and 7:00 and 10:00 PM Pacific Time. Weekend times are 6:30 PM and 1:00 AM Eastern time, 5:30 PM and 12:00 AM Central, 4:30 and 11:00 PM Mountain time, and 3:30 and 10:00 PM Pacific time.
The Health Network is part of the Fox Cable Networks and reaches approximately 20 million households nationwide.
For additional information on air dates or to order a VHS copy of the program, call 1-888-380-6500.
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