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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
New findings from D.J. Li and co-authors in the area of acute promyelocytic leukemia published
January 27th, 2009
According to a study from Wuhan, People's Republic of China, "Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a nonspecific common symptom of both acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)." "The possibility of GISTs is rarely considered in patients with APL when intestinal hemorrhage occurres. We treated a case of GISTs coexisting with APL in July 2006," wrote D.J. Li and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "The diagnosis of GIST was verified through surgery and pathological examination of the resected intestinal mass." Li and colleagues published the results of their research in Chinese Medical...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-27)
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