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March 1959, Vol 103, No. 3 >
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Etiology and Treatment of Leukemia.

W. M. Fowler, M.D.
AMA Arch Intern Med. 1959;103(3):514. doi:10.1001/archinte.1959.00270030170035.
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In this small volume of 167 pages are the papers which were presented at the Cancer Conference of the Louisiana Division of the American Cancer Society, together with the discussion and the questions raised after each presentation. The book has two main themes. The first is on the etiology and diagnosis of leukemia and the second portion on the treatment of leukemia. There are twelve papers, all of which are short presentations consisting essentially of a discussion of the current concepts or a summary of one phase of the problem. These are brief, concise, and informative, without minute details. Each paper is followed by a record of the spontaneous discussion and questions raised by other participants in the program. The papers are authoritative and up to date.

The subjects covered are I. Viruses and Cancer (Jerome T. Syverton); II. Etiology of Leukemia (Arthur Kirschbaum); III. Infectious Concepts of Leukemia (Ludwik

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