Ken Patterson, 38, director of public relations for Talladega Superspeedway, died Friday from myelodysplasia syndrome, a form of bone marrow cancer.
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Five years after his time as Mayor of Tacoma Park, Sammie Abbott passed away in his home on December 15th, 1990 of myelodysplasia anemia.
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Tests at a Syracuse hospital showed abnormalities that could indicate a recurrence of myelodysplasia, a condition that can lead to leukemia, Cornell University said Tuesday.
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To formally diagnose agranulocytosis, other pathologies with a similar presentation must be excluded, such as aplastic anemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, myelodysplasia and leukemias.
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Over a period of months or years, myelodysplasia transforms into a form of leukemia, or blood-cell cancer, that is fatal unless aggressively treated.
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Sagan died of pneumonia at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, after a two-year battle with a rare precancerous blood disease called myelodysplasia.
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Stump died Friday at a Phoenix long-term care center of myelodysplasia, a rare blood disorder, said Lisa Atkins, his longtime chief of staff.
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About 5 percent to 10 percent of lymphoma individuals who were treated with chemotherapy and radiation develop myelodysplasia as a complication of their earlier cancer treatment, Nathan said.
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His doctors discovered the myelodysplasia then but merely monitored its progress until this week, when he developed an infection due to a lack of white blood cells called granulocytes.
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Bone marrow transplant produce long-term, disease-free survival in 40 to 45 percent of myelodysplasia patients, Storb said, but risks from treatment are high.
