June 2009, Volume 54, Number 6

• Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: Refining Approaches to Treatment
  Thanks to drug treatments introduced a decade ago, the 7-year survival rate for chronic myelogenous leukemia has gone from less than half to almost 90%. Treatment is on the brink of another big improvement with new drugs in clinical studies.
• Advancing the Treatment of Lymphedema
  New surgical and imaging methods take aim at this painful dysfunction of the lymphatic system.
• In Brief
  Research news from the laboratories and clinics at M. D. Anderson.
• House Call: Hospice: Comforting Care When the End Is Near
  Hospice helps patients through the final phase of care, making them and their families as comfortable as possible.
  

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