The history of leukemia: a personal perspective.
A brief review of the history of human leukemia, first identified as a new disease in 1845, is given as a personal perspective related to the re-examination of dogmas surrounding the disease. The paper addresses the question of what kind of disease leukemia is, and how far the adherence to dogma has shaped the firm belief that leukemia is a malignancy.
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Institute of Child Health, University of London, UK.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007938:Leukemia / Q000266:history* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006113:United Kingdom