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             accurate sign of degree of disease. (452)
             According to the Home Medical Guide, acute granulocytic leukemia usually occur in older ages: "The typical patient is thirty to sixty years old, the frequency of the disease increasing with age. The natural course of untreated this disease leads to an average survival of only two to five months" (451). With chemotherapy, the survival rate can be lengthened to about 5 years. Around 75 percent of the patient can be cured with a complete remission. This type of leukemia can cause heart attacks and strokes by blocking the arteries: "It is treated by removing large numb
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